Violinist Blaise Sytsma-Reed, the 2025 winner of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra's annual Young Artist Competition, will be performing with the orchestra this weekend.

She is a senior at Charlevoix High School and studies with David Reimer in the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program.

Blaise visited IPR's Studio A to play her winning piece, the first movement of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, with collaborative pianist Ya-Ju Chuang.

She spoke about how she balances music, sports, academics and life. She also talked about her eclectic musical tastes.