[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 186 (Friday, December 11, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2968]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO SAN SAN LEE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS-

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 11, 2009

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of violinist 
San San Lee.
  San San Lee was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Michigan and 
Wisconsin since the age of one. Ms. Lee received a Bachelor of Music 
degree from the Oberlin College-Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio and a 
Masters of Music degree from the Juilliard School on scholarships.
  As a winner of the Oberlin Concerto competition, her performance of 
the entire Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Oberlin Orchestra was 
broadcast on WOBC and classical station WCLV-Cleveland. Ms. Lee toured 
as a member of the Juilliard Orchestra in Japan, China and Hong Kong 
which included live radio and telelvision broadcasts. Her primary 
teachers included Margery Aber, Dorothy Mauney, Stephen Clapp and 
Joseph Fuchs. She also studied at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory 
with Sergei Kravchenko and Eduard Grach during their International 
Summer Festival and with Serban Lupu at the International Summer 
Festival in Todi, Italy.
  As a winner of the Artists International Auditions, Ms. Lee performed 
her debut recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall and was further 
invited to perform on their Alumni winners series. By invitation, she 
also performed a recital on the ``Live from the Elvehem'' series that 
was broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison, WI. Her 
numerous solo and chamber performances took place at Lincoln Center's 
Bruno Walter Auditorium, Merkin Hall, The American Landmark Festival, 
Harvard Club, The United Nations Auditorium, U-Penn, Texas Christian 
University, Louisiana State University, amongst others. Her solo & 
chamber performances span throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, 
and Eastern Europe. Ms. Lee has been invited as violin clinician 
teaching at Suzuki violin, chamber workshops and institutes nationwide. 
She teaches privately and has recently joined the violin faculty at the 
Riverdale Country School. Ms. Lee has been a member of the violin 
faculties at the School for Strings since 1990 and at Juilliard's Music 
Advancement Program since 1991, serving as their first departmental 
strings chair.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing a 
renowned violinist, San San Lee.

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