ADAN WADDELL, 19, is currently a freshman at The Colburn School and a student of Robert Lipsett. Adam has soloed with several orchestras in Washington, including the Seattle Symphony. He has won competitions such as the Washington Music Educators Association State Solo Competition, The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and The Performing Arts Festival of the Eastside Concerto Competition. He was concertmaster of The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. As a student of the Seattle Conservatory of Music, Adam was a Dorothy Richards Starling Violin Scholar. This summer, Adam plans to attend the ENCORE Summer School for Strings, where he will continue his studies with Robert Lipsett.