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President’s Scholar
2012-2013

JEAN-LUC KRADIN

Jean-Luc is a first-year student from Dallas, Texas majoring in music composition on the violin. He enjoys reading articles on Pantheist philosophy and Austrian economics. After graduation, Jean-Luc plans to pursue a Masters degree in music composition and hopes to eventually write weekly Latin Catholic Masses and sacred music for a network of American and European churches. Musically, he is pioneering a combination of the melodicness and intensity of Classical music with the complexity of Baroque music in an electro-acoustic medium.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
  • Bilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient
  • National Merit Commended Student
  • AP Scholar
  • Société Honoraire de Français—French National Honor Society
  • Delta Epsilon Phi—German National Honor Society
  • Mu Alpha Theta—Math National Honor Society
  • Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Philharmonic—Violin
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra Teen Council Treasurer
  • Composed school’s official anthem
  • Composed music featured in a French documentary
  • Winner of 2008 Samsung Mobile Fresh Films Viewer’s Choice Award

SMU ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

  • University Honors Program
  • Meadows Scholar
  • Student Filmmakers Association
  • Investment Club

Contact: jkradin@smu.edu