TOWSON, MD —Taeyeon (Sophia) Park, a Grade 3 student at Chapel Hill Elementary, has earned first place in the Peabody Young Artist Concerto competition.

As part of the Preparatory’s Concerto Competition Day, held on Nov. 17, the Young Artists Concerto Competition provides intermediate and advanced students, who are aged 14 and under, the opportunity to compete for a solo performance with the Preparatory’s Young Artists Orchestra.

As the winner, Park will rehearse and perform one movement of a Baroque concerto with the Young Artists Orchestra on the Peabody Preparatory Concerto Concert on Feb. 15, 2020.

Park has been playing the violin for five years and practices every day. In the competition, she performed the Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, 1st movement.