The Laven Family – featuring FTT alums Chris (double bass) and Andrew (cello), and their parents Steve (cellist/composer/teacher) and Cindy Myers (Boston Symphony Orchestra Piccolo player/Evelyn and C. Charles Marran Chair) – perform a nostalgic piece “The Hidden Falls Quartet” inspired by their family vacations in the Grand Tetons, composed by Steve Laven.
Wayland, Massachusetts Christopher appeared on NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley, Show 300, recorded in Boston, MA, on February 7, 2015.
Show 300 bio:
Christopher Laven (double bass), 15, is from Wayland, Massachusetts, where he attends Wayland High School. He studies double bass with Susan Hagen of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Christopher is a member to the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Rivers Jazz Ensemble, the Wayland High School Jazz Ensemble, the Wayland High School Honors Sinfonia, and the Massachusetts All-State Orchestra. He has attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) Young Artist Orchestra program and the BUTI bass workshop. Outside of music, Christopher plays basketball and is a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Wayland, Massachusetts Andrew Laven appeared on Show 240 as a member of the Shades of Red Cello Quartet, at age 16.
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