Local pediatric patients to be visited by 17-year old violinist, philanthropist during Ventura Music

The Ventura Music Festival is renowned for showcasing musical talents from all over the world, and this year is no exception. Joining the popular Rising Stars concert series Artistic Director Nuvi Mehta brings Jourdan Urbach, a 17-year old violin prodigy to perform at First United Methodist Church on May 7.

Passionate about finding a cure for neurological diseases, Urbach is founder of the musical charity "Children Helping Children" that has raised over $1.5 million in research. Through his Concerts for a Cure the foundation fund serves research initiatives focused on curing childhood cancer and neurological diseases including Multiple Sclerosis.

In a continued quest to expand his understanding and knowledge about treatments and cures, Urbach will tour the Ventura County Medical Center with several attending physicians and visit with pediatric patients, for whom he will play violin.

Urbach´s MS-focused research has garnered dozens of national and international awards. In 2008, he stood before 1,550 of the top young science minds in the world and won 2nd place Grand Award in Medicine and Health at the INTEL-International Science and Engineering Fair for his research and presentation on the subject. He has also received a grant for his MS-focused research from Teva Neuroscience; is an INTEL-Semifinalist; won the 2009 American Academy of Neurology Neuroscience Research Prize; and is the youngest researcher at Harvard University Medical School's MS-focused Immunology Laboratory.

For his philanthropic endeavors, he was named winner of the Associated Television International 2008 Hero Awards; the New York State and National Prudential Spirit of Community Scholarship Awards; the National Caring Award; the Better Hours International Award for Humanitarian Leadership; the New York State Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award; and the Liberty Medal for New York City.

Urbach will be share the evening with Sophie Wingland, a Ventura native and successful young soprano at 7:30 pm on May 7 at First United Methodist Church in Ventura. For tickets, go to www.venturamusicfestival.org, or call (805) 648-3146.

About Jourdan Urbach

As founder and director of Children Helping Children, a musical charity organization that raises funds through Concerts for a Cure for cutting edge neurological research, pediatric hospital divisions, and international medical organizations targeting the eradication of neurological disease, he has raised more than $1.5 million.

Compared to a Young Paganini, Urbach was presented as the 2009 Artist Ascending in Memphis, following in the footsteps of past winners like: Itzhak Perlman and Gil Shaham. He has headlined at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, The Meadowlands, The Tilles Center, The Kravis Center in Palm Beach: The Wortham Center in Houston, Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, and Universal City in Los Angeles, among dozens of other legendary concert venues.

His 2009 concert schedule opened with a sold-out Carnegie Hall performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and a musical collaboration with multi-platinum country music star Clay Walker. Other performances will include: the Ventura Music Festival; soloist with The Missouri Symphony for their summer festival; headliner at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in a classical and electric violin extravaganza with Mark Wood and members of The Trans Siberian Orchestra; and at The Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

Urbach´s latest endeavor includes writing and performing a score for a short film that pre-screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and will be presented at The Cannes Film Festival. In the fall, Urbach will begin college at Yale University.

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