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Rebroadcast: CSO Youth Audition finalist, pianist Ryan Jannak-Huang
Ryan Jannak-Huang was a finalist of the 2012 Crain-Mailing Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Audition. Ryan Jannak-Huang, 14, is a scholarship recipient and member of the Music Institute of Chicago’s...
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Fine Arts Circle Membership Drive
Become a member: wfmt.com/support We’ll air highlights from the last six months of Introductions as we ask you to join WFMT’s Fine Arts Circle. This station exists because over 50% of its income comes...
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Performs Tchaikovsky’s 5th
This Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra concert will feature Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Today on Introductions, we’ll hear the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s exciting 5th...
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LIVE: Pianist Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky, 15
15 year old pianist Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky Natalie Nedvetsky, 15, is a piano student at the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago where she studies with Elaine Felder. Natalie is a laureate of...
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John Hersey High School Symphonic Band
The John Hersey High School Symphonic Band was named Honor Band at the 2012 Illinois Superstate Band Festival. The Symphonic Band of John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. The band was recently...
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LIVE: 11 year old violinist Masha Lakisova
11 year old violinist Masha Lakisova As the daughter of two professional musicians who have both loved and appreciated music since their childhoods, Masha Lakisova began her musical journey with the...
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Deerfield High School Symphony Orchestra
Deerfield High School The Deerfield High School Symphony Orchestra in music by Tchaikovsky, Barber and Prokofiev. The Deerfield High School orchestra program directed by Ron Velleuer consists of the...
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CYSO Performs Debussy and Messiaen
Music from the CYSO's November 2012 concert will feature works by Debussy and Messiaen. Music from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s November concert at Orchestra Hall. Program: Conducted by Music...
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Rebroadcast at 10AM: 14 year old cellist Johannes Gray
Gray was the 1st place winner of the 2011 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions. *Earlier than usual 10AM start due to the Metropolitan Opera’s live presentation of...
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LIVE: 17 year old marimba player Dakota Smith
17 year old percussionist Dakota Smith 17 year old percussionist Dakota Smith is a senior at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, IL. In 2011, he was named Percussion Member of the Year by the...
View ArticleLIVE: Hansuh Rhee, violin
Violinist from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy Program for gifted pre-college classical musicians.
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LIVE: 17 year old violinist Claire Bourg
Claire Bourg was the first prize winner of the 2012 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, among many other accomplishments. Claire Bourg, 17, is a senior at Metea Valley High School in...
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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Encore Chamber Orchestra
Music from the CYSO Encore Chamber Orchestra’s Fall 2013 concert Highlights from their December, 2012 concert at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. Program:...
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16 year old guitarist Jason Lewis
16 year old guitarist Jason Lewis Born and raised in Glencoe, Illinois; Jason Lewis has never known a world without classical guitar. At just three years old, closely following his older brother and...
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LIVE: 18 year old violinist Joshua Burca
18 year old violinist Joshua Burca Joshua Burca is a 18-year-old violinist studying with Mr.Cyrus Forough.His past teachers include Roxana Pavel- Goldstein, Elias Goldstein, and Julie Fischer.He was...
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Rebroadcast: 18 year old pianist James Stinehart
18 year old pianist James Stinehart. James G. Stinehart, age 18, is a senior at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. James’s debut as a pianist was at age 9, when he played a Haydn piano...
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Live from Performathon 2013
From 9-11:30am, WFMT presents a live broadcast from the Merit School of Music in Chicago’s West Loop. This morning we bring you a live broadcast from the Merit School of Music‘s annual Performathon...
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Rebroadcast: 17 year old percussionist Dakota Smith
17 year old percussionist Dakota Smith 17 year old percussionist Dakota Smith is a senior at Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, IL. In 2011, he was named Percussion Member of the Year by the...
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Maud Powell String Quartet of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra
The 2012-13 EYSO Maud Powell String Quartet. Photo credit: David Moller. Now in it’s sixth season, the Maud Powell String Quartet is the premiere string quartet of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra...
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17 year old percussionist Eric Goldberg
17 year old percussionist Eric Goldberg is a member of the CSO Institute’s Percussion Scholarship Group. Eric Goldberg, 17, is a senior at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, IL. He has...
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