MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS Transforming UNT through its comprehensive fundraising campaign by E B C T
Jonathan Reynolds
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or violinist Seula Lee, music defines how she perceives the world. How she conveys her emotions. How she envisions her future. The music performance senior chose UNT’s world-renowned College of Music to perfect her craft under the guidance of acclaimed violinists. Lee, a co-concertmaster of the UNT Symphony Orchestra and a violinist for the UNT Center for Chamber Music Studies Piano Trio, spends up to 10 hours a day practicing. That dedication has translated into numerous achievements, including winning the 2013 Coeur d’Alene National Young Artists Competition, the 2012-13 Sheila & Werner Harms Young Artist Competition and UNT’s annual Concerto Competition in 2013. With such notable awards and the knowledge she’s gained at UNT, the virtuoso is on her way to fulfilling her dream of playing the violin as a lifelong career. But this wouldn’t be possible without the donors who support scholarships that fund her education and competition travel. Other donors bestow their gifts to support faculty who push her to musical greatness and the university where her transformation is possible.