On Deck with Young Musicians
As of March 2025, On Deck with Young Musicians is no longer producing new episodes. This program featured inspirational interviews that celebrate and showcase the incredibly talented young musicians who live and perform in the Pacific Northwest: the young people who are shaping the future of classical music. The archive below features episodes hosted by Christa Wessel, Adam Eccleston, Raúl Gómez-Rojas, Jahlysa Azaret, and Lisa Lipton.
January 31, 2015
On Deck with Samuel Zacharia
Violist Samuel Zacharia is 15 years old and has already won solo competitions with both the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Portland Youth Philharmonic. In this episode of On Deck we’ll hear a portion of his performance of the Bartok Viola Concerto with the PYP last spring. Samuel has also attended Itzhak Perlman’s Music Program …
January 17, 2015
On Deck with Theodora Mautz
In addition to holding down a rigorous academic schedule, 18-year old Theodora Mautz plays piano and sings with the Pacific Youth Choir. She tells us that she makes room in her life for music because she seeks a feeling of “zal” – that’s a Polish word Chopin used for his music which explains that soaring, …
January 10, 2015
On Deck with Jonathan DeBruyn
21-year old violinist Jonathan DeBruyn recently won the Oregon Sinfonietta’s concerto competition; listen in and get to know him before he plays the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with that group on January 18. In this episode of On Deck, Jonathan talks frankly about being diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma a decade ago, and he will play for …
December 27, 2014
On Deck with Barry Fowler
17-year old Barry Fowler loves classical music. He plays viola with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, though he originally started his musical journey with the violin. In this episode of On Deck we’ll chat about Barry’s passion for the viola and learn about a time in his life when he fell out of love with classical …
December 20, 2014
On Deck with Mat McLaughlin
18-year old bassoonist Mat McLaughlin is in his first year at Clark College, trying to figure out what to do with his love of classical music. He understands that becoming a performance major is risky career-wise, but he loves the bassoon too much to give it up. Mat plays with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and …
December 13, 2014
On Deck with Josh Hauser
In this episode of On Deck we’ll get to know a young singer, dancer and actor. His name is Josh Hauser. He hopes to not become a professional performer, though, but is rather pursuing music therapy as a career. Josh will be singing –and directing one of his own arrangements- with the Pacific Youth Choir …
December 6, 2014
On Deck with Anna Louise Martin
16-year old Anna Louise Martin is an aspiring opera singer and a Type-1 diabetic. In this episode of On Deck we’ll talk with Anna Louise about the things her diabetes prevents her from doing, as well as the things it impels her to do – such as organizing a January concert to benefit the Juvenile …
November 29, 2014
On Deck with Emily & Lauren Kim
In this episode of On Deck, we meet a set of 16-year old twins: Emily Kim (right, in photo) and her sister Lauren Kim. Emily plays the violin (we’ll hear her perform Fritz Kreisler’s “Tambourin Chinois”) and Lauren plays the cello (she’ll play Tchaikovsky’s “Pezzo capriccioso”). Though they play different instruments and go to different …
November 22, 2014
On Deck at the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy
For the last 17 summers, the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy at the Oregon Bach Festival has been shaping the lives of high-school aged singers from across the country. In this episode of On Deck with Young Musicians we visit with students, faculty and the Choral Academy’s Director Dr. Anton Armstrong, to learn what makes …
November 15, 2014
On Deck with Siena Mirasol
16-year old Siena Mirasol plays an instrument that has an immense power to soothe: the harp. In this episode of On Deck, Siena will give us a bit of a harp education (did you know it has 7 pedals? We’ll learn what they do!) and we’ll hear her play the Impromptu-Caprice by Gabriel Pierné.
