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South Pasadena Teen Wins State Viola Championship



From STAFF REPORTS
Published: Monday, December 1, 2008 | 6:34 AM


15-year-old Ariana Solotoff won the state viola championship at the prestigious California ASTA (American String Teachers Association) State Solo Competition, junior division (through age 18) on  October 25, 2008 at UC Davis.

Ariana Solotoff, 15

Ariana Solotoff, 15

The competition brought together the finest young strings players from throughout California.

The win entitles her to participate in ASTA’s 2009 National Solo Competition, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia next March. Joshua Bell is a past winner of this important national competition.

Solotoff has played violin since she was in first grade, and viola since 2006. She has performed with singer Kelly Clarkson on the Grammy awards show, and on the Disney Channel’s “Suite Life of Zach and Cody.”

Solotoff is the daughter of Susan Pascale, director of the South Pasadena Strings Program. Pascale started the program when she moved from New York to South Pasadena, and found that the local elementary schools did not offer an orchestra in which Ariana could participate.

Solotoff is a graduate of Arroyo Vista elementary school and the South Pasadena Middle School. She is now a sophomore at the LA County High School for the Arts.



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