Hyde Park Youth Symphony Announces Winner of T-Shirt Design Competition

The Hyde Park Youth Symphony today announced the winner of its T-Shirt Design Competition which was held this past April. The T-Shirts, when produced later this year, will help to raise funds for Chicago’s only youth orchestra based on the South Side.

The winning design was submitted by Ms. Jessica Rose Lee, a student at Carroll University (Waukesha, WI) majoring in Exercise Science with an emphasis in Physical Therapy. While studying at Carroll University, Lee has continued with her interest in visual art first developed as a high school student. She came across the T-shirt design competition while researching art shows in which she thought she might be interested in participating. For winning this competition, Lee was awarded a pendant necklace donated by Chicago jewelry importer Diamonds of South Africa. She graduated from Barrington High School (Barrington, Ill.) in 2015 and is the daughter of Laurie Lee.

Though her favorite medium to work in is acrylic on canvas and her favorite subjects are landscapes and cityscapes, she was intrigued with the challenge of working with silk screen on a project that would benefit a non-profit for children. In an unusual method of choosing the winner, Lee’s design was selected through a vote by all the students in the Hyde Park Youth Symphony program.

“I was pleased and honored to have my design selected by the students of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony. I hope that they will always continue to believe that “Music is the Voice of the Soul” which is the most important part of my graphic design,” said Lee after being notified of her award in June. “I am looking forward to wearing the beautifully crafted pendant that I was awarded for my design.”

“Our board of directors appreciate the hard work that Jessica has done to come up with a design that captures our core mission of creating musical opportunities for children of all communities on the South Side of Chicago,” said Caryl Gout, HPYS Board President. “I know that the students in our three orchestras will enjoy wearing these T-shirts to showcase their participation in our unique and nurturing program.”

About the Hyde Park Youth Symphony…

The mission of the Hyde Park Youth Symphony (HPYS) is to bring together diverse students from the South Side of Chicago and beyond to provide a high-quality orchestral performance experience as a training ground for the next generation of performers, educators, and advocates of music and the arts. This unique program offers three different orchestras for students at varying levels of ability and experience. Rehearsing on Thursday evenings at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Chicago, the HPYS brings a racially and economically diverse group of young musicians together to increase their orchestral performance skills and gain a lifelong appreciation for music and each other. For more information about the Hyde Park Youth Symphony, visit www.thehpys.org or call (773) 217-8387.

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