Music has helped Nanor, who moved here from Syria eight years ago, in the healing process of adjusting to a new life and culture in the United States.

Community School pianist Dylan Iskandar won first place in the Senior Category at the Elite International Music Competition.

Alumni ensemble, the Calidore String Quartet, performed the Beethoven string quartet cycle as part of Beethoven 250 this October.

Benjamin Lash teaches cello in the Community School. He graduated from the Colburn Conservatory in 2013 with his Bachelor of Music degree and is originally from Evanston, Illinois.

Violinist Albert Gang was one of 18 Colburn students and alumni to receive awards from the YoungArts Foundation.