We're gearing up for the 2nd annual Next Generation Festival. We hope you can join us. It will be held on Sunday, March 22, at 3pm, at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. This year we have ensembles from SUNY Schenectady, the University at Albany, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Queens College CUNY, SUNY New Paltz & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Music will include Telemann and Weelkes, the World Premiere of a Sonata by one of the performers, Smetena's Moldau, and more. Support the next generation of musicians and music lovers, see this concert, and see how a TV production is made.
Music will include Telemann and Weelkes, the World Premiere of a Sonata by one of the performers, Smetena's Moldau, and more. Support the next generation of musicians and music lovers, see this concert, and see how a TV production is made.
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Meet the WMHT Student Musician of the Month for March. Megan Lai, violin, is a senior at Shenendehowa High School. She performs the opening movement of the Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64, by Felix Mendelssohn, with pianist Sam Bachelder.
View performances and interviews featuring talented Classical Student Musicians from school districts in our community. Listen to new features monthly on Classical WMHT-FM 89.1/88.7
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View performances and interviews featuring talented Classical Student Musicians from school districts in our community. Listen to new features monthly on Classical WMHT-FM 89.1/88.7
Have a student you would like to see nominated? Submit today.
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