Two award-winning student musicians will be featured soloists with the Cache Chamber Orchestra in its next concert at Utah State University, announced conductor and director Robert Frost. Two talented musicians, one representing a local high school, and another from the university, will perform. Soloists for the February 22 concert are violinist Laura Geier and cellist Kelli McConkie. The concert is free. The Cache Chamber Orchestra is a community-based group sponsored by USU's Department of Music.
All members are volunteers and represent a variety of communities throughout Cache Valley.
She is the daughter of James Geier and Carla Zambreno of Logan. She has studied violin for six years with Janice McCallister and Ted Ashton. She will tour Europe this summer with another performance group, and she has studied piano for seven years. As a sophomore at Logan High, she has earned a 4.0 grade point average and performed with the All-State Orchestra in 1997. She is a member of the cross country and track teams and enjoys figure skating, hiking and camping.