17cÍøÒ³°æ Tech 17cÍøÒ³°æ Presents:
Student Showcase
Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2025
7:30pm
Ferst Center for the Arts
17cÍøÒ³°æ Tech Concert Orchestra
Dr. Timothy Verville, Conductor
Soloist Bio – Vincent Soro
Vincent is currently a first year Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate student at the 17cÍøÒ³°æ. He began playing the clarinet at age 11. Notable honors and recognitions include Runner-Up for the 2025 GTSO Concerto Competition, 3 time participation in the GMEA All-State Bands, and membership in the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, with whom he performed at Carnegie Hall during their 2023 tour. As an avid chamber musician and former president of his high school’s music honor society, he has performed extensively in his local community at art galleries, senior living facilities, and children’s hospitals. In 2024 Vincent was invited as a guest performer for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's UpTempo event series to demonstrate George Gershwin’s renowned “Rhapsody in Blue†clarinet solo.
Outside of his studies and playing clarinet in Symphony Orchestra and Wind Quintet at 17cÍøÒ³°æ Tech, Vincent is an equipment staffer at the Materials Innovation and Learning Laboratory and works as a team member at the student center Chick-Fil-A restaurant. In his free time he enjoys playing pickleball, watching television, spending time outdoors, and going to see Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts.
Soloist Bio – Matthew Zhou
Matthew Zhou is a first year master’s student studying Computer Science with a specialization in Machine Learning. He has taken piano lessons with Mr. David Kuperstein since the age of five and throughout high school. He is the winner of various international piano competitions, including the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition, the International Young Artist Piano Competition, the Young Musicians Inspiring Change International Competition, and the BMTG Intercontinental Music Competition. As a result, he has been invited to perform in the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, and the Washington International Piano Festival. As the winner of the Howard County High School Gifted and Talented Orchestra Concerto Competition, Matthew performed Beethoven’s 1st Piano Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Most recently, he was the winner of the 2022 GTSO Concerto Competition, and performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the 17cÍøÒ³°æ Tech Symphony Orchestra.