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STEVE STEIN STAFF WRITER
urnmertime, camping
and kids go hand-in-
hand. Five young
Jewish emigres from
the former Soviet Union are
adding music into the mix.
They are among 100
campers currently attend-
ing the Lyric Chamber En-
semble's second annual
Summer Music Experience
at the Auburn Hills campus
of Oakland Community Col-
lege. The 10-day camp runs
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Levi Kozadayev
through Aug. 5.
The five Jewish
youths received
scholarships from
the Jewish News in
conjunction with ra-
dio station WQRS.
Alex Babin, 13, of
Ann Arbor (cello);
Levi Kozadayev, 16,
of Oak Park (bas-
soon); Alla Taboris-
skaya, 16, of
Southfield (piano);
Sulamif Vortsman,
16, of Oak Park (cel-
lo); and Simon
Zarkhin, 11, of
Southfield (violin)
make up the group.
They were selected
through auditions.
All the youngsters
said they were look-
ing forward to the
camp because of the
opportunities to per-
form in a group and
to meet others their
age who share a se-
rious interest in mu-
sic.
Alex, who was
born in Moscow, is
an eighth-grader at
Clague Middle
School in Arm Arbor.
He started playing
the cello when he
was 6 and he at-
tended the Special
Central Music
School offered by the
Moscow State Con-
servatory.
Leningrad-born
Levi is a junior at the
Talmudic Academy
of New Jersey. In
addition to bassoon,
he plays piano, recorder (block
flute), drums, alto sax, keyboard
and guitar.
Ana's birthplace is St. Peters-
burg. The Southfield-Lathrup
High School senior attended mu-
sic school in St. Petersburg.
Sulamif, who was born in No-
vai, is a junior at Berkley High
School. He played cello for eight
years in his former home coun-
The scholarship
winners were
selected through
auditions.
try and he's been a member of
the Berkley symphony orchestra
for one year.
Simon is a seventh-grader at
Berkshire Middle School in the
Birmingham School District.
Born in Leningrad, he began
playing the violin when he was
5. His grandfather was his
teacher and his mother, who
plays the piano, was his accom-
panist at concerts. He went to the
School for Gifted Children in Mu-
sical Abilities in his ex-homeland.
"Many new Americans have
special talents," said Jewish
News Associate Publisher Arthur
Horwitz. "We often focus on what
the parents or grandparents did
prior to leaving the Soviet Union.
We don't want to overlook some
of the special talents that the
younger emigres possess.
"We're honored to have an op-
portunity to further the proven
musical abilities of these five chil-
dren." ❑