Students from Carnegie Mellon University's Preparatory School will participate in a Concerto Fest! Luz Manriquez, Director of the school's Piano Division, and her student Alex Shen speak with Jim Cunningham about the performances.
Students from Carnegie Mellon University's Preparatory School will participate in a Concerto Fest! Luz Manriquez, Director of the school's Piano Division, and her student Alex Shen speak with Jim Cunningham about the performances.
There are 25 young performers involved, ranging from age 7-18. They will each play one movement of a concerto. Luz, along with her colleagues Sung-Im Kim and Amaury Morales, serve as the orchestra.
Alex and Luz also play the final movement of Alexander Peskanov's Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra, which Alex will play at the Concerto Fest.
The Preparatory School's first Concerto Fest performance is on Sunday, June 28th at 5:00pm at CMU's Kresge Theater. A second performance follows on Sunday, July 12th at 5:00pm. More information is available on Carnegie Mellon University's website.