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- My name is Qing Ng
and I am a sophomore at Memorial High School.
I started taking violin lessons when I was eight years old.
Originally, my brother started playing piano
and I started on singing,
but I really wanted to play an instrument as well.
So I ended up taking up the violin.
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My brother will be my accompanist.
We've always been a great team.
We connect with each other musically,
and I feel really comfortable when I play with him.
I currently study with Davis King.
I've always been a tense player on stage,
and he really taught me to just be more free with my playing.
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And he makes learning a really positive experience for me.
I've been in WYSO for six years.
You get to collaborate and make music
and you learn a lot from the instructors,
the teachers, the conductors.
It's a really great environment.
I like to spend time painting in my free time.
My mom, who is also a talented artist herself,
she taught me a lot about the techniques
on how to paint well
and how to make your art really pop.
I used to prefer drawing,
but now I'm leaning a little bit towards painting
because of the beautiful colors
and the techniques used in oil painting.
I think that art is actually very challenging.
It's all very, like, specific, just like with music.
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There's just a certain amount of excitement and feeling
when I'm performing,
when I'm connecting with people in the audience,
that really make me want to keep doing this.
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Classical music is something that has a lot of history,
and I feel like that's something that should be passed on.
And I think that's really important.
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