Moon Light  Violinist from Orem, UT

Moon Light, one of America's top creative and performing teams, features the inspired award winning duo of Aubree and Stephen Oliverson. Moon Light has performed extensively thoughout the intermountain west, including venues such as the Sundance Film Festival, Gardner Hall, Temple Square, Thanksgiving Point, BYU Education Week, and thrilled audiences in other locations such as Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Washington D.C. Moon Light has performed for many special events including concerts, conventions, school assemblies, stake firesides, and helped raise money for charity. Aubree and Stephen have produced and recorded two CDs and are in the process of recording their third CD. Among other honors, in 2011, Moon Light won the renowned Best of State award for musical composition. Concertgoers are deeply impressed and touched by their superior interpretive skill and the beautiful refreshing presentation of their inspired original works. Aubree Oliverson, thirteen-year-old Utah native was a principal violinist and two-time member of the Suzuki Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and a participant in the Utah State Fair Winner's Recital at age nine. She was a winner in the 2009 Salute-to-Youth competition making a stunning solo debut with the Utah Symphony at age eleven. Aubree was the Utah Junior Division winner in the prestigious Stradivarius Competition in 2010. In 2011, Aubree won first prize in the American Protege International Strings competition and performed at Carnegie Hall. She also won the 2011 Utah Best of State award for Individual Instrumentalist--and the coveted "Boss" trophy as the state's top entertainer. In May of 2012, the Utah Symphony has invited Aubree to perform the complete Tchaikovsky violin concerto as their featured soloist in ther All-Star Evening event. Aubree is also an accomplished composer having unprecedented multiple Utah Music conservatory Con Brio competition wins and multiple Reflections Awards of Excellence at the state and national levels for composition. Aubree was twice designated as a "composer of great promise" by the New York Arts Ensemble. Aubree was a member of the Rocky Mountain Strings and appeared with the SLC Gifted Music School Orchestra on the national radio program "From the Top" in 2010. She has the rare honor of being invited a second time to appear on From the Top to solo for millions of listeners in March 2012. Aubree studies under the direction of Eugene Watanabe and Debbie Moench. Dr. Stephen Oliverson, talented pianist and composer is also an award-winning educator, has several advanced degrees, and an extensive military, athletic, and religious background. Stephen's varied life experiences give his inspired musical work and presentations variety, meaning and depth. Stephen's two youngest children, Andrew (11), and Lily (8), are also excellent musicians and join their sister and father in many Moon Light productions.