Competition winner and performing violinist, studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music

Haig's resume

Education

Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM)
2017-present

New England Conservatory (NEC) Preparatory Division
2012-2017

Belmont High School (BHS)
2013-2017


Violin teachers

Ilya Kaler, Ivan Zenaty (CIM), Lynn Chang, Angelo Xiang Yu, Kyoko Horowitz, Jason Horowitz (NEC), Gerardo Ribeiro (Meadowmount), Narine Dolukhanian, Mark Lakirovich, Anna Korsunsky (private)    


Other performance skills

Alto Saxophone, Viola, Clarinet, Shvi (Armenian fipple flute), "Abaka" Ethnographic Dance Group 


Solo performances

From The Top 2020 Gala Concert
2020

5pm Series Virtual Recital
2020

Lionel Galstaun Annual Solo Recital (White Plains, NY)
2019

"Music of Armenia" Solo Recital (Mixon Hall, CIM)
2019

Symphony Hall (with the Boston Pops Orchestra)                                    
2018

Killian Hall, MIT (Boston, MA)
2017

Newton Town Hall
2017

Bremen Museum (Atlanta Georgia)     
2017

Church on the Hill (Reger Ambassador Award)                                               
2017

Jordan Hall (NEC, with YPO)                          
2016

Slosberg Recital Hall (Brandeis University, Bernstein Festival of the Arts)  
2016

Nashua Community College (with Nashua Chamber Orchestra)                   
2016

Milford Town Hall (with Nashua Chamber Orchestra)                                      
2016

Walden Performing Arts Center (with Concord Orchestra)                             
2016

JFK Middle School (with Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra)                           2015

Carnegie Hall (New York)                              2014

Massachusetts State House (Boston, MA)    2012

Vallee des Champs (Montreal, Canada)         2010

Museum of Our National Heritage   (Lexington, MA)                                         2009

Belmont and Waltham Public Libraries (MA)                                                   
2008

Armenian Museum of America (Watertown, MA)                                     
2007

 

Ensemble performances

Severance Hall (with CIM Orchestra)
2018, 2019

Lily Pad Club (Saxophone, with Belmont High School Jazz Combo)
2017

Ryles Jazz Club (Saxophone, with Belmont High School Jazz Combo)                  
2017

Mechanics Hall (Worchester, MA)
2017

Sanders Theater (Violin, with NEC's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra) 
2016

Symphony Hall, Opera House (Violin, Saxophone, with YPO)                      
2016, 2015

Koussevitzky Music Shed (Violin, with "The Piano Guys")                                   
2015



Master classes

Ilya Kaler 2019

Stephen Rose 2019

Callisto String Quartet 2019

Todd Phillips, Manhattan School of Music   2019

Philip Setzer, Emerson String Quartet          2018, 2019

Tony Woodcock, former NEC President        2015

David Coucheron, Atlanta Symphony Concertmaster                                     
2014

Amayak Dourgarian, former "Moscow Virtuosi" soloist (Spain)                                2014

 

Awards and Competitions

Boston Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Winner                                 2017

Max Reger Ambassador Award                     2016

Renaissance International Competition (Armenia), Prize Winner                  
2016

New England Conservatory Concerto Competition, Winner         
2015

Concord Symphony Concerto Competition, Winner                                        
2015

Brockton Concerto Competition, Winner     2015

Waltham Philharmonic Concerto Competition, Winner                                    2015

Belmont High School Concerto Competition, Winner                                      2015

"Classival" International Competition (Canada), Gold Medal                         
2010

Young Promise International Competition, 2nd Prize                                      
2010

MMTA Competition, 2nd Prize                        2009



Music camps and Festivals

McGill International String Quartet Academy (Accepted, but cancelled due to covid-19)
2020

Madeline Island Chamber Music Festival (Accepted, but cancelled due to covid-19)
2020

Lunenburg Academy of Music Festival (Accepted, but cancelled due to covid-19)
2020

Heifetz International Music Festival
2019

Bernstein Festival of the Arts, Brandeis University                                                 
2016

Tanglewood Music Festival                             2015

Meadowmount School of Music                     2015, 2013

MMEA Northeastern District Festivals           2012, 2013, 2014

 

Community and Fundraising performances

1920 Society Luncheon Performance (Cleveland, OH)

Performance dedicated to Komitas' 150th anniversary (St. Gregory of Narek Church)

"Happy Dog" (Cleveland, OH)

Cleveland Museum of Art, Women's Committee Fundraising

Annual Belmont Telethon benefiting the local Food Pantry (Belmont, MA)

“Heavens Music” play benefiting Joslin Diabetes Center (Boston, MA)

“Young Stars” benefiting orphanages and earthquake victims in Armenia (Watertown, MA)

Churches and Worship Houses (Watertown, Belmont, Woburn, Newtonville, MA)

Nursing Homes (Jamaica Plain, Newton, Watertown, MA)

MLK Breakfast Performance (BHS, Belmont, MA)