William Thain (MM ’23, violin) won the concertmaster position of the Lansing Symphony. He studied with Danielle Belen at U-M and currently holds a teaching position in the U-M pre-college program. Thain received a 2022 Performing Arts EXCELerator Fellowship as a co-founder of Ensemble Urbain, a conductorless ensemble specializing in works by underrepresented composers. (3/2024)