Whats it like soloing with DSO at 12?
She won’t be a teenager for two more weeks, but 12-year-old Shannon Lee celebrated anyway on Thursday night. The pint-sized prodigy became one of the youngest musicians ever to play with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra – and as a violin soloist, at that. A standing ovation came at the end of violinist Shannon Lee’s performance, led by conductor Andrew Litton. After escorting the young phenom off the stage, DSO music director Andrew Litton returned and enthused, “I haven’t come down yet.” “It’s not really that easy,” Shannon said after a practice earlier in the day. “They make it really exciting. The orchestra is just, like, loud behind you.” It’s a feeling she’ll have to get used to. The Plano girl, who won last year’s Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition to earn this DSO gig, is already attracting national attention. She’s played for Itzhak Perlman and has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall next year. In November, she’ll tour four Texas universities with DSO members, who average at l
