South Shore Conservatory Pianist Wins Grand Prize in the Talented Young Musician Competition

South Shore Conservatory (SSC) congratulates pianist Jennifer Boyd of Hull who took grand prize in the Talented Young Musician Association's 13th Annual Russian Music Competition held in Boston in early November.

As a winner, Jennifer will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Dumka” at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Sunday, December 11. A student of piano instructor Mark Goodman, 17-year-old Jennifer has studied at SSC since 2010. She has participated in competitions over the past few years, placing first in the high school division of SSC’s 2016 Piano Competition, and being named overall winner of the 2015 Concerto Competition, and recipient of the Hui Min Wang Scholarship award.

In addition to being the accompanist for SSC Community Voices, Too!, South Shore Conservatory’s chorus for developmentally delayed adults, Jennifer plays piano in an SSC trio that placed second in SSC’s 2016 Concerto Competition. Jennifer is a junior at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, and has studied with Xixi Zhou, Regina Yung, and Margaret Li at SSC.

For more information about SSC competitions and programs, visit sscmusic.org or visit South Shore Conservatory on Facebook.

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South Shore Conservatory, (SSC) has been providing access to and enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts for over 45 years. Recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, SSC is the largest, not-for-profit, community school for the arts in Massachusetts, serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities at its two beautiful campuses and in partnership with schools, and social service and community agencies throughout the South Shore. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama, with performance playing an important role in overall education. With more than 100 exceptional musicians on faculty, SSC offers 30 professionally produced concerts annually. Through innovative partnerships, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s underserved members, and the ImagineARTS program strengthens pre-reading skills for young learners in Brockton Schools through integrated music and dramatic play. SSC’s campuses are located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, (781-749-7565) and 64 St. George Street, Duxbury (781-934-2731). SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram or visit www.sscmusic.org.

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