Young Musicians Spotlight

Young Musicians Spotlight Features Area Music Students on WQCS             From guitar and violin to flute and a brass quintet, public radio station WQCS / 88.9 FM will share the talent of area music students with its listeners during its annual presentation of Young Musicians Spotlight.             Host Willi Miller, known for her arts interviews on WQCS’s weekday Arts Spotlight, will talk with the students and introduce their selections during the one-hour radio special to be broadcast Monday, May 26 at 1 p.m. with an encore performance  Monday, June 2 at 7 p.m.             The public radio station has presented this classical music-based program for more than 10 years.  This year, close to 40 students auditioned for the program, recorded in the WQCS performance studio on the main campus of Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce.             All of the students selected for the broadcast live and study within the WQCS listening area: two in Indian River County, eight in St. Lucie County, ten in Martin County and two in Palm Beach County. They include two string duos— Melissa Cirillo, 16, violin with Tyl Cealice Kennison, 15, cello, and Isaac Ball, 17, violin, and David Urbinati, 17, violin — and one brass quintet, led by Michael Ferrara, 17, trumpet. Other members of the quintet are Nick Bianco, 16, trumpet; Kyle Diamond, 17, euphonium; Kathleen Shing, 18, French horn; and Joe Warner, 18, tuba/trombone.             Solo performers on the broadcast are Ashley Key, 20, vocal; Jose Kropp, 11, violin; Donovan Kryak, 12, piano; Michael McBride, 12, piano; Kelsey Moore, 13, vocals; Anthony Palmeri, 12, piano; Chrys Panayiotou, 17, guitar; John Panayiotou, 15, guitar; Lindsey Reymore, 18, oboe; Laura Servinsky, 16, piano; Martha Sturm, 18, piano; and Eric Willett, 16, flute.             Thanks to the station’s recent addition of Internet streaming, the WQCS Young Musicians Spotlight can be heard online at www.WQCS.org at the same time it airs on the radio, giving family members and friends of the performers the opportunity to hear their performances wherever they are.             Technical production assistance and CD graphics were provided by WQCS staff member Tony Velarde.

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