Ted, a junior at Upper St. Clair High School, was one of three winners in the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra (PCO) Young Artists Competition.

The other winners were Kyle Harris, a junior at Mt. Lebanon, who will play Albert Franz Doppler's "Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise" on the flute, and Alexander Lee, a senior at Trinity High School, who will play Dmitri Shostakovich's Concerto for Violin No 1, mvmts 3 & 4, on violin.

Ted will play the first movement to Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16, for his audition.

The winners will perform with the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra at the Upper St. Clair High School Theater on Jan. 30. The conductor of the PCO is Dr. Warren Davidson.

Ted grew up with a love of music that transcends the mechanics of learning and practicing. His grandfather Theodore C. Evangelista was a musician who played the acoustic and bass guitar professionally for sixty years.

His grandfather always told him, "Ted, play your music and the achievements will take care of themselves."

Ted lives in Upper St. Clair with his parents, Ted F. and Barb Evangelista and his younger sister, Alexis. Now in the process of searching for colleges, Ted is planning to continue his musical studies.