Muir High Violinist Is Presidential Scholar

Violinist Jennifer Shizuka Frautschi of Altadena has been named a 1990 Presidential Scholar in the Arts by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

Frautschi, a senior at Muir High School in Pasadena, will receive $3,000 from the foundation and $1,000 from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Frautschi, who will attend USC in the fall, has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.