Phoenix Avalon violin
Phoenix Avalon, 13, is beginning his second decade of violin obsession. He has soloed twice with the Boulder Symphony and Performance Santa Fe, and has performed numerous times with Pro Music CHAMPS, Canticum Novum, Seranata of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Youth Symphony’s Jazz Ensembles, and in solo concerts. He is the three-time recipient of the Performance Santa Fe’s Davis Award, as well as a two-year recipient of Starling Foundation Grants for study at Meadowmount School of Music. In 2014, he received the Lynn Harrell competition honorable mention and the Music Teachers National Association Southwest Division Alternate. Phoenix studies with Carmelo de los Santos and Jan Mark Sloman. Phoenix plays on an Amati Bros. violin (circa 1617), generously loaned by Kenneth Warren and Son Ltd. He has also composed his first string quartet under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Juilliard Pre-College. Besides music, he enjoys philosophical debate and snowboarding. Phoenix is honored to mentor the St. Michael’s High School Orchestra, led by Chase Morrison. He will solo again this year with the Boulder Symphony. Phoenix resides in Santa Fe with his parents Katherine and Robyn Avalon.
