SCORE is an intensive education program designed to provide young students of underrepresented backgrounds opportunities to pursue music at a high level to encourage diversity in classical music in high school and beyond.
This program supports SCO’s overall mission to increase diverse representation on the concert stage by increasing access to private lessons for traditionally underrepresented students.
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What our Coaches have to say
“It has been really meaningful to provide personalized, one-on-one instruction to the students in our program and to provide some much-needed classroom support to Mr. To as well. In less than two months, the students are already showing growth in their playing and in their commitment to practicing and improving. I am beginning to develop positive relationships with my students, and we really enjoy seeing each other from week to week!”
2024/2025 SCORE Principal Teaching Artists
Elaine Mee-Sun Walters studied for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and holds a Master of Music degree with distinction from DePaul University in Chicago, Ill. In addition, she holds Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Biology from the University of New Mexico.
Her performance experience includes work with the Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Bellevue Philharmonic/Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Sinfonietta, Symphony Tacoma, Seattle Choral Company, Orquestra Sinfonica in Monterrey, Mexico, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Civic Orchestra and the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. She taught privately and coached chamber ensembles at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was a faculty member at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. Elaine has also served as the Executive Director for the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra and still serves as its personnel manager.
Currently, Elaine coaches for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and multiple schools in the Puget Sound area and is an artist faculty member for the Interharmony Summer Music Festival in Piedmont, Italy.
Rose Hashimoto is a violist from Seattle, Washington. Rose has performed with ensembles including A Far Cry, Shattered Glass Ensemble, the Aeolus, Argus, Thalia, Momenta, and Ulysses Quartets. She played with the Experiential Orchestra on the Grammy-winning recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison and on A Far Cry’s Grammy-nominated album, Visions and Variations.
Rose earned performance degrees from The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in New York.
Rose is a dedicated viola and violin teacher with a background in Suzuki pedagogy. She currently serves on the faculty of Suzuki Institute of Seattle and she has also taught for Lucy Moses School, the Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, Kaleidoscope School of Music, Harmony Program, and Seattle Youth Symphony.
Annie Chang-Center, a violist, violinist, and pianist, began her musical journey in Taiwan, performing piano for foreign dignitaries at six years old. After relocating to the U.S. at the age of thirteen, Annie thrived in a diverse international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player.
Among her many accolades, Annie made her piano solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony at eighteen under the baton of Maestro Herbert Blomstedt, marking the beginning of her career as a piano soloist with major symphony orchestras, including the prestigious Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
With equal prowess as a violist, Annie garnered recognition by winning a prize in the esteemed Irving Klein International String Competition. Her musical endeavors have taken her to renowned festivals, including Marlboro, Ravinia, Olympic, Utah, Prague, Red Rocks, and Music in the Mountains, where she collaborated with luminaries from the Juilliard, Guarneri, Emerson, Cleveland, and Philadelphia string quartets.
For over a decade, Annie held the position of assistant principal violist of the Phoenix Symphony and principal violist of its Sinfonietta, regularly performing as a viola soloist. She is currently the assistant principal violist of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and enjoys giving lecture-recitals where she weaves music with themed, enriching narratives.
Passionate about music education, Annie mentors young musicians in various youth symphonies and the Greater Seattle Public Schools' music programs. The InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy has welcomed her to its faculty. She has also given masterclasses to college and high school students and shared her insights as an adjudicator for youth competitions and the Sounds Espressivo International Competition.
Offstage, Annie demonstrates an unwavering commitment to altruistic endeavors. She contributes articles to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) newsletters and plays an active role in organizing and participating in benefit concerts that provide aid to refugees, individuals experiencing homelessness, and victims of natural disasters.
Anna Doak, Double Bass - has been a Suzuki Bass Teacher since 2010 and is thrilled to be the newest Bass Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Prior to her Suzuki training Anna taught at Western Washington University in Bellingham Washington. After starting a family she decided to focus on working closer to home and has built a thriving community of all-ages students at her teaching studio in North Seattle.
Anna is currently a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta, serves as principal bassist and teaching artist with the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and is on faculty at the Japan Seattle Suzuki Institute. She has performed with the Seattle Symphony, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, the Northwest Chamber Orchestra, and on numerous recording projects.
In addition to her classical studies she has a BA in Jazz Performance from Cornish College of the Arts. She is a founding member of the chamber ensemble Different Drummer and was awarded an artist support grant by the Jack Straw Foundation in 2015, and again in 2020.
In her spare time Anna enjoys gardening, reading, doing Tai Chi and hiking with her dog Mishchief.
Check out two short clips of cellist, Jalayne Mitchell performing for the Washington Middle School Orchestra class
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