Song Xie: Violin

Song Xie is a long time MSO section leader, soloist, chamber musician and string educator in Jackson, Mississippi. His solo competition awards include the Chinese National Violin Competition, LSU Young Artist Concerto Competitions, and finalists at Chautauqua Festival Young Artist Competition in New York. He has performed as a soloist with many formidably difficult solo repertoires including Sarasate's Carman Fantasy and Wieniawski's No.1 violin concerto with many Orchestras such as: Guangxi Institute Orchestra, The Guangxi Symphony Orchestra, China; the LSU Symphony Orchestra, Baton Rouge, LA; the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Jackson, MS.

As violinist of the Belhaven Piano Trio, along with Dr. Stephen Sachs, Piano Professor and Chair of the Music Department at Belhaven College, and MSO Principal Cellist Ben Randman, Mr. Song has actively performed in different chamber series around the state of Mississippi.

As a strong advocate of string education, Mr. Song holds the position as Assistant Professor of music in violin, viola, chamber music, and music director/conductor of the Belhaven String Chamber Orchestra at Belhaven College, and was President of the ASTA (American String Teacher Association) from 2006-2008.  His students have won numerous competitions such as MSO Concerto Competition, MTNA State, Regional Competitions, MMTA and ASTA Mississippi State competitions, MFMC scholarship awards, and semi-finalist of the International Competition. Many of his students actively teach in private studios, music schools and win auditions successfully as orchestra musicians. He frequently judges many local and regional string competitions. 

Besides his current positions, he also taught at Jackson State University, Mississippi College and Millsaps College. He has served as Assistant Concertmaster in the Lyric Mountain Festival, PA, Violin Faculty member at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, MI, Concertmaster of the Delta Symphony Orchestra, and Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, MS.

Song has his BA from the GuangXi Institute of Arts and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. His M.M. degree is from Louisiana State University. He has studied with many world class professors including Shi-Xiang Zhang, Sally O'Reilly and Camilla Wicks.

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