Lake Oswego violinist wins state strings competition

Lake Oswego High School freshman Emmaline Bunch won the Oregon State Junior Strings Competition and will now compete in the Music Teachers National Association Northwest Division Junior Strings Competition. According to a press release from the MTNA, Bunch has studied violin for 12 years and has been a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic Association since she was 10. If she wins the division competition, Bunch will compete in the National Finals. “Music Teachers National Association is a nonprofit organization comprised of 17,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to advancing the value of music study and music making to society and to supporting the professionalism of music teachers,” an MTNA press release said. “Founded in 1876, Music Teachers National Association is the oldest professional music association in the United States.”

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