Violin soloist
AUDIO – Laura Ha of the United States was featured in the 2009 Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific concert on Friday, June 26, 2009 in Evergreen Theatre at Powell River Recreation Complex. A packed house was in attendance, considered by some to be the largest audience ever for a SOAP concert. Ha and four other violinists competed in a session that was open to the public for the honour of being principal soloist in Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. The competition was a new addition to the SOAP season that includes two full orchestra concerts and two faculty concerts as well as harp and percussion recitals.