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On Deck - Ellie Kim

On Deck with Ellie Kim

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


On Deck with Ellie Phillips

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


On Deck with Cammie Lee

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


On Deck with Hannah Moon

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.


On Deck with Haruka Sakiyama

Published May 11, 2024 in the category On Deck

Haruka Sakiyama is a 17-year old junior at West Linn High School, and one of All Classical Radio’s 2024 Young Artist Ambassadors.  Haruka is a French horn player, a violinist, a composer… and she also plays the koto.  In this episode of On Deck, Raul Gomez-Rojas talks with Haruka about all of these talents, and… More


On Deck with Fumika Mizuno

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).


On Deck with Emily Brother

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).  


Elijah Zacharia

On Deck with Elijah Zacharia

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


On Deck with John Fawcett

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


On Deck with Richard Lu

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


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