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Caroline K. Goulding wins 8th Annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship competition

	Caroline K. Goulding

Although she has scarcely entered her teens, young violinist Caroline Goulding is already a veteran soloist—appearing with such prestigious orchestras as The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Women's Orchestra, The Lakeside Festival Orchestra and The International Symphony Orchestra. The 14-year-old prodigy, a student at Gilmour Academy, will soon be appearing with Cleveland POPS Orchestra as a result of winning the 8th Annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship competition.

Caroline performed in the Cleveland POPS Annual "Salute to Our Armed Forces" concert on May 25, 2007 at Severance Hall. Famed tenor Daniel Rodriguez—known as the singing New York City policeman of 9-11 fame—also appeared in that concert.

Recently, in August 2006, after competing against 14 violinists, Caroline won a highly coveted First Place at the Aspen Music Festival's Violin Concerto Competition for her performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. A week later, she again performed the concerto with the festival's Concert Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian, Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, and earned a standing ovation.

"Here was freshness, confidence, radiant technique and perfect optimism wrapped in sparkling beauty," said Alan Fletcher, President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Upcoming appearances beyond the mountains of Colorado include recitals and concerts in cities throughout the United States, including New York City, Amelia Island, Florida Chicago and Wilmington, North Carolina. In February, she will return to Aspen, Colorado for a performance in a winter concert series.

Caroline has graced the small screen and public airwaves as well as the concert stage. She has appeared on National Public Radio's "From the Top" with Bela Fleck, whom many experts consider the premiere banjo player in the world, and on the Martha Show, hosted by Martha Stewart in New York City. Recently, Caroline was invited to perform for the new PBS TV Series "From the Top" Live from Carnegie Hall. This will be aired in 2007.

In March 2006, Caroline became the recipient of an ex Lobkowicz by A&H Amati, 1617, Cremona violin, through the generous efforts of The Stradivari Society of Chicago. The Stradivari Society is a unique organization committed to supporting the very highest level of string playing by assisting patrons who wish to loan their rare, antique Italian instruments to violinists of exceptional talent and promise. This is an honor Caroline now shares with such artists as Joshua Bell, Midori, Gil Shaham, Sarah Chang and Vadim Repin.

Caroline, who was born August 31, 1992, began studying the violin when she was just three years old, under the tutelage of Julia Kurtyka in Port Huron, Michigan. Since that time, she has relocated from Michigan to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to study with the renowned violin pedagogue Paul Kantor at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has also attended several music schools, including the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Juilliard School as a young artist for the Starling-Delay Symposium, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and The Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Although Caroline is focusing primarily on studying classical music, she also enjoys playing Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia fiddle. In her spare time, she loves to watch movies, read, go shopping, hike and hang out with friends.

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