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Presented by the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study Solo Recital Series
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About the Performers
Sophia Cai is a senior at MIT majoring in computer science and molecular biology and minoring in music. She started flute at the age of ten and currently studies with Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin through the MIT Emerson/Harris Scholarship program, having previously studied with Diane Horban and Hideko Amano of the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory. At MIT, Sophia has been part of the MIT Symphony Orchestra and the Institooters, MIT’s IAP flute ensemble. In the past, she has been a member of the Illinois Music Education Association All-State Band. Outside of music, Sophia conducts biomedical research in the Koch Institute and enjoys reading and writing.
About the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study
Support for private musical study is available for students through the Emerson/Harris Program (E/HP), which offers merit-based financial awards for outstanding achievement on instruments or voice in classical, jazz, or world music. Each academic year, the program awards Scholarships and Fellowships to nearly seventy students who commit to a full year’s study and participate in the musical life of MIT.
Auditions for the program are held at the beginning of each academic year. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the E/HP jury heads, may include instructors from MIT staff and throughout Greater Boston. The Emerson/Harris Program is funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941), in response to an appeal from AssociateProvost Ellen T. Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus of Music). The Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series is supported, in part, by the Robert L. Malster (1956) Fund.
