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Published October 15, 2022 in the category On Deck
Amy Faust gets to know Ellie Kim, one of this year’s six winners of Cognizart’s Young Artist Debut competition. A junior at Westview High in Beaverton, Ellie has been playing violin since age 5. With her younger sister, Kristen Kim, also being recognized by Cognizart this year for her cello playing, it’s surprising to hear… More
Published May 9, 2015 in the category On Deck
Enjoy this chat with 16-year old viola player and composer Ellie Phillips. She’s a member of the Portland Youth Philharmonic, but also participated this Spring in Fear No Music’s Young Composer’s Project. Robert McBride –an occasional composer himself– is the guest-host for this episode of “On Deck”. The segment concludes with a performance of Ellie’s… More
Published May 24, 2014 in the category On Deck
Cammie Lee is a 13-year-old 8th grader, and is the Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster at MYS. She will be performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony on June 7. In this episode of On Deck we’ll hear how Cammie deals with the nervousness that accompanies such a big performance, and we’ll also… More
Published March 14, 2015 in the category On Deck
We first profiled Hannah back in November 2013, but revisit her story this week as we continue our series of “On Deck” episodes which profile the winners of this year’s MetroArts Young Artist Concert.
Published March 28, 2015 in the category On Deck
We first profiled Fumika in May of 2014, but revisit her story this week as we continue our series of “On Deck” episodes featuring the winners of this year’s MetroArts Young Artist Concert (to be held at the Newmark Theater on April 7).
Published October 29, 2022 in the category On Deck
Kristen Kim is a 13-year old cellist and the youngest winner of a spot on this year’s Young Artist Debut concert (November 18th at the Reser in Beaverton). While she enjoys reading and cooking, most of Kristen’s time is dedicated to music. She plays in 3 ensembles with the Portland Youth Philharmonic and is also… More
Published February 21, 2015 in the category On Deck
We first profiled Emily back in November 2013, but revisit her story this week as we begin a series of “On Deck” episodes which profile the winners of this year’s MetroArts Young Artist Concert (to be held at the Newmark Theater on April 7).
Published December 18, 2021 in the category On Deck
Violist Elijah Zacharia was only 11-years old when he joined the most advanced ensemble at the Portland Youth Philharmonic, a remarkable achievement at such young age. Now a 16-year-old homeschooled junior, he chats with Raúl Gómez-Rojas about the reasons why he chose the viola when he was only 3 years old, the importance of youth… More
Published March 11, 2017 in the category On Deck
With this episode of “On Deck” we begin a series of nine episodes featuring the winners of this year’s MetroArts Young Artist competition. Meet 16-year old violinist John Fawcett… or rather, re-meet him: he actually won a spot on this same concert two years ago. We’ll chat with him about that performance (when he was just 14),… More
Published March 5, 2016 in the category On Deck
Richard Lu is an 18-year old cellist, and is one of the winners of this year’s MetroArts Young Artist competition. Two years ago he was featured “On Deck” as a winner of the Oregon Sinfonietta’s Concerto Competition. In this episode, Christa Wessel chats with him to see what has changed in his life in the… More
