Wednesday, May 18, 2016

West Forsyth Senior Receives A.B. Duke Scholarship

In the May 18 issue of Journal WestWinston-Salem Journal reporter Lisa O’Donnell writes about West Forsyth High School senior Arinton Davis. Here is an excerpt:
The violin felt natural in Arinton Davis’ hands.
Holding one for the first time as a sixth-grader at Jefferson Middle School, he knew instinctively how to grasp the bow and cradle the neck.
“Oh, this is awesome,” Arinton thought to himself.
Eager to set forth on the journey of making beautiful music, he took the instrument home that night and put bow to string.
Nothing.
Not one sound played.
“It was a very rough first day,” Arinton said with a laugh.
He has since learned that the bow needs a few good swipes of rosin to make the strings sing.
He’s absorbed other musical lessons as well, so much so that he is among the top student violinists in the state, having twice been named to the N.C. Music Educators Association All-State Orchestra.
That’s just one highlight on a college application heaving with the kinds of honors and achievements that turned the heads of some of the country’s top universities.
Duke University took notice and recently awarded the West Forsyth High School senior its prestigious A.B. Duke Scholarship, which will provide him with free tuition and room and board for four years. While there, he plans to combine his interest in math, computational science and genetics, and hopes to play with a student orchestra.
Photos are by Journal photographer Lauren Carroll. For the complete story, go to Winston-Salem Journal




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