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Alena Hove wins Young Artist Award Allen's P.C.B. Est. 1888

By Giancarlo Santoro musicians, Hove's love for news@isspress.com the violin began when she

was very young. At age 3, When she was a young her mother Yuki signed her

child, Alena Hove's first up for a "Sing and Play" music teacher always told class, where students were her and the rest of her introduced to the cello, classmates one thing when piano and violin. it came to music: On all the "I thought it would be a days you eat meals, you good idea for her to play an need to practice. instrument, but I thought

Hove, who is heading it would be piano because into her sophomore year we have one at home," at Eastside Catholic High Yuki said. "After putting School this fall, took that her in the class, she heard piece of advice to heart, another student playing the and it has paid off. Hove's violin and said, 'I want to talent as a violinist won her play that,' so we ordered the 2014 KING FM Young her first violin as soon as Am ~ard'1'urth ·D·""'""~'o:-ttothome . " division of ages 6-15. Having already made

"J do a ·lot of competi- an appearance with the tions," the 15-year-old Seattle Symphony Orches­said. "So, preparing for tra at 8enaroya Hall, Hove them helps me keep im- is a third-year member of proving, as well as going the Seattle Youth Sym­to different teachers to see phony Orchestra, as well as what they think about my music."

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Alena Hove, an Eastside Catholic High School student, per­forms at KING FM studios. She won the 2014 KING FM Young Artist Award for her skill on the violin.

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the Pike Street Quartet, and she was invited to participate in the 2014 International Menuhin Competition.

The KING PM contest, though, was something new for Hove. Comprised of three rounds, one a recording of her play­ing and the other two live on radio, a board of nine judges voted on 100 participants, eventually narrowing i o.wnJ ix fuiaTIsts. The final step was to send in a YouTube video to the KING PM website to be judged by the community.

"I was very honored

and really excited that I won the competi­tion," Hove said. "It has brought me a lot of opportunities, and I even got to appear on the morning edition of KING 5 News, which was !lly first time on TV."

What separates Hove from the rest of the pack is her ability to bal­ance violin practice with schoolwork, something she hopes will aid her in the future when applying to college.

"My goal is to practice two to three hours during the weekdays and dO!Hub~l-__- ­

at during e week­ends," Hove said. "I can't think of a life without violin, but I want to keep my options open. Violin school is definitely one option."