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Thursday, March 18, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Sarah Plummer
wins student category
for Concerto + Aria
Competition was sponsored by
Grande Ronde Symphony
few other instruments, but I have
never found an instrument that
I love as much as the violin,” she
BAKER CITY — Sarah Plum-
mer, a junior at Baker High School, said.
Prior to the coronavirus pandem-
has won the young student cat-
ic, Plummer and Block would meet
egory for Concerto + Aria held by
in La Grande for lessons. Now, the
the Grande Ronde Symphony.
She submitted Concerto No. 5 in lessons are virtual.
“My lessons
D Major by
have been over
F. Seitz.
Zoom for the
As the win-
past many
ner, Plummer
months,” Plum-
received $200 and
mer said. “At
will perform with
first the idea of
the symphony at
long-term online
a concert tenta-
lessons sounded
tively set for May
pretty impos-
26 in La Grande.
sible, but it actu-
“I was ecstatic
ally works quite
to learn that
well. As a bonus,
I had won the
I’m able to take
competition,” she
lessons more
said. “This will
consistently
be my first time
because schedul-
performing as a
ing is easier.”
soloist, which is
She’s also
very exciting.
Sarah Plummer
found more
It will also be
practice time this year because of
my first time performing with the
the modified schedule at Baker
symphony.”
High School, which has students in
Although Plummer’s audi-
school part-time, and at home the
tion video featured only the first
other school days.
movement of Concerto No. 5, her
“A lot of my classes don’t have
performance with the symphony
Zoom meetings every day that I’m
will include all three movements.
at home, so if I finish all my work
The Baker City student began
I have time to practice when I’m
studying violin when she was 10
normally at school,” she said.
and received the instrument as a
Other category winners in the
Christmas present.
competition were: Ariah Mann,
Plummer has studied violin for
violinist from Spokane, Washing-
the last seven years, and currently
works with Viet Block, who lives in ton (advanced student) and Molly
Trindle, oboe player from Pullman,
Pendleton.
Washington (open category).
“When I was younger I tried a
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