Former Spokane Youth Symphony Concertmaster Joins Spokane Symphony—at Age 16

In last Monday’s (3/31) Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), Monica Carrillo-Casas writes, “At just 13, Jessie Morozov, now 16, performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G with the Spokane Youth Symphony Orchestra, a piece usually reserved for advanced violinists…. At 16 years old, Morozov, a junior at Ferris High School, made history Saturday evening with her official debut with the Spokane Symphony … Born in Spokane in 2009, Morozov was raised on classical music and began piano lessons at 5…. After years of private lessons … she began working with Mateusz Wolski, concertmaster of the Spokane Symphony and her primary teacher when she was 10…. Morozov said it was special that in her first concert with the symphony she could support Wolski ‘not as a student, but as a colleague.’… James Lowe, music director and conductor of the Spokane Symphony … described the audition process as rigorous, with each audition conducted behind a screen…. Roxann Jacobson, now 75, also was 16 years old and a Shadle Park High School student when she first joined the Spokane Symphony in 1967. Jacobson moved away and was part of the San Francisco Symphony for 30 years … Jacobson said in her experience, Spokane has always been a place dedicated to encouraging young musicians.”