FEATURED ARTIST
Molly Hines, violin
Sunday, November 21, 2021
6:00 PM • Wilson Center
Tickets starting at $25.
6:00 PM • Wilson Center
Tickets starting at $25.
Steven Errante, conductor
It’s never too late to celebrate, so we offer a pandemic-postponed performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in honor of his 250th birthday with violinist and Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra alumna Molly Hines. Johannes Brahms’ non-stop gorgeous Serenade No. 2 opens the program.
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MOLLY HINES
Molly maintains a dynamic performing and teaching career as a professional violinist. Molly is an active solo performer and enjoys collaborating with concert pianist Domonique Launey, her mother. Most recently, Molly and Domonique performed as guest artists at Beckwith Hall at UNCW in 2019. Previously, the duo played concerts at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, the Wilson Center in Wilmington, NC, and were featured on the concert series Music at First in Wilmington, NC as well. Molly has been invited to perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra in November of 2021, and she is thrilled to accept this invitation.
In addition to her career as a soloist, Molly is an experienced orchestral musician as well. Most recently, Molly accepted a contract section violin position with the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Irving, TX) and began performing with the ensemble in 2019. Molly has performed as a first and second violinist with the Abilene Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Wilmington Symphony, North State Chamber Orchestra, Waco Symphony, and Temple (TX) Symphony. Throughout her solo and orchestral career, Molly has received the College of Music Award and Teaching Fellowship at the University of North Texas, the School of Music Dean’s Scholarship and full Graduate Assistantship at Baylor University, the Elizabeth Cowling Music Scholarship, the Thursday Morning Music Club Scholarship and was chosen as the winner of the Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition. She performed as second violinist in the Ursino String Quartet and won the chamber division of the Semper Pro Musica Competition at Baylor with the quartet. As a result, the quartet performed at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in May of 2017. Molly also received the Betti Foundation Fellowship Award through the Methow Valley Chamber Festival and performed as a member of the festival’s fellowship quartet in 2017. Molly most recently attended the Round Top Festival Institute in Round Top, Texas as an orchestral young artist. She previously attended the Hot Springs Music Festival in Arkansas in 2012 as well as the Richard Luby Violin Symposium in the summers of 2011-2014 and 2016.
Molly greatly enjoys teaching private lessons to violinists of all ages. She is incredibly passionate about sharing music with others and loves working with all types of students. Molly has taught students of all ages in Greensboro, NC, Wilmington, NC, Woodway, TX, Waco, TX, and Temple, TX. Most recently, Molly taught several students at Academie Musique in Temple and Central Texas String Academy in Waco. Molly is Suzuki certified in teaching Suzuki Pre-twinkles and Book 1 and loves applying the Suzuki method in her teaching. Molly was an Instructor of Record of Aural Skills I at UNT in the fall semester of 2018 through a Teaching Fellowship as well. Molly is currently working on her DMA in Violin Performance at UNT and studies with Julia Bushkova. She received her Masters degree in Violin Performance at Baylor University and studied with Dr. Bruce Berg as well as received her Bachelors degree in Violin Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro under Dr. Fabián López.
Molly is a past Wilmington Symphony Orchestra musician and an alumna of the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras.
Molly maintains a dynamic performing and teaching career as a professional violinist. Molly is an active solo performer and enjoys collaborating with concert pianist Domonique Launey, her mother. Most recently, Molly and Domonique performed as guest artists at Beckwith Hall at UNCW in 2019. Previously, the duo played concerts at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, the Wilson Center in Wilmington, NC, and were featured on the concert series Music at First in Wilmington, NC as well. Molly has been invited to perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra in November of 2021, and she is thrilled to accept this invitation.
In addition to her career as a soloist, Molly is an experienced orchestral musician as well. Most recently, Molly accepted a contract section violin position with the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Irving, TX) and began performing with the ensemble in 2019. Molly has performed as a first and second violinist with the Abilene Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Wilmington Symphony, North State Chamber Orchestra, Waco Symphony, and Temple (TX) Symphony. Throughout her solo and orchestral career, Molly has received the College of Music Award and Teaching Fellowship at the University of North Texas, the School of Music Dean’s Scholarship and full Graduate Assistantship at Baylor University, the Elizabeth Cowling Music Scholarship, the Thursday Morning Music Club Scholarship and was chosen as the winner of the Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition. She performed as second violinist in the Ursino String Quartet and won the chamber division of the Semper Pro Musica Competition at Baylor with the quartet. As a result, the quartet performed at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in May of 2017. Molly also received the Betti Foundation Fellowship Award through the Methow Valley Chamber Festival and performed as a member of the festival’s fellowship quartet in 2017. Molly most recently attended the Round Top Festival Institute in Round Top, Texas as an orchestral young artist. She previously attended the Hot Springs Music Festival in Arkansas in 2012 as well as the Richard Luby Violin Symposium in the summers of 2011-2014 and 2016.
Molly greatly enjoys teaching private lessons to violinists of all ages. She is incredibly passionate about sharing music with others and loves working with all types of students. Molly has taught students of all ages in Greensboro, NC, Wilmington, NC, Woodway, TX, Waco, TX, and Temple, TX. Most recently, Molly taught several students at Academie Musique in Temple and Central Texas String Academy in Waco. Molly is Suzuki certified in teaching Suzuki Pre-twinkles and Book 1 and loves applying the Suzuki method in her teaching. Molly was an Instructor of Record of Aural Skills I at UNT in the fall semester of 2018 through a Teaching Fellowship as well. Molly is currently working on her DMA in Violin Performance at UNT and studies with Julia Bushkova. She received her Masters degree in Violin Performance at Baylor University and studied with Dr. Bruce Berg as well as received her Bachelors degree in Violin Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro under Dr. Fabián López.
Molly is a past Wilmington Symphony Orchestra musician and an alumna of the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestras.
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