On Deck with Young Musicians
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On Deck with Minntah Haefker
Raúl Gómez-Rojas chats with Minntah Haefker, a 16 year old Junior enrolled at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon. Minntah often sings as a guest vocalist with the band “3… Read more On Deck with Minntah Haefker →
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On Deck with Sophia Folawn
Sophia Folawn is a junior at St. Mary’s Academy. She’s been playing flute with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony for 3 years and enjoys it very much; she first started out… Read more On Deck with Sophia Folawn →
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On Deck with Aria Morgan
18-year old saxophonist Aria Morgan spent her first three years of high school at Portland’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, then her senior year at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Now… Read more On Deck with Aria Morgan →
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On Deck with Chloe Zhang
17-year old pianist Chloe Zhang (“zang”) was a finalist in Portland Piano International’s Concerto Competition, and also was one of the winners in the Beaverton Symphony’s Young Artist Competition. She… Read more On Deck with Chloe Zhang →
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On Deck with Ben McHarris
Ben McHarris is a 17-year-old senior at Cleveland High School in Portland, and a clarinetist with Metropolitan Youth Symphony, where he has played since 2020. In this episode of On… Read more On Deck with Ben McHarris →
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On Deck with Alessandro Diaz Ayala
Alessandro Diaz Ayala is a cellist and conductor who hails from BRAVO Youth Orchestras. He’s a 9th grader at Jefferson high school and enjoys classical music very much. Lately, he’s… Read more On Deck with Alessandro Diaz Ayala →
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On Deck with Sarah Hohndel
Sarah Hohndel is an 18-year-old tuba player with the Metropolitan Youth Symphony. In this episode of On Deck, she chats with Raúl Gómez-Rojas about starting to learn the tuba when… Read more On Deck with Sarah Hohndel →
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On Deck with Maya Hausman
Amy Faust gets to know Maya Hausman, a senior at Cleveland High school who plays flute and piccolo (plus a little bit of clarinet!) for various school ensembles as well… Read more On Deck with Maya Hausman →
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On Deck with Sam Lines
Sam Lines is a 17-year-old junior at Lake Oswego High School. He has been a member of the top orchestra at the Metropolitan Youth Symphony since 2020, where he often… Read more On Deck with Sam Lines →
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On Deck with Aili Deibert
Aili Deibert is a Junior at PorRoosevelt High School. She’s been playing flute with BRAVO Youth Orchestras (an El Sistema inspired afternoon music program based in North Portland) since 2015.… Read more On Deck with Aili Deibert →