On Deck with Young Musicians
Saturdays at 5pm PT
On Deck with Young Musicians is an inspirational weekly interview segment that celebrates and showcases the incredibly talented young musicians who live and perform in the Pacific Northwest: the young people who are shaping the future of classical music. Created and hosted by Christa Wessel, select episodes of On Deck are also hosted by Adam Eccleston, Raúl Gómez-Rojas, and Lisa Lipton.
Tune in Saturdays at 5:00 PM PT, and revisit past interviews using the links below or by following On Deck on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
If you know of a young musician who should be profiled for On Deck, please email Christa Wessel at christa@allclassical.org.
On Deck with Young Musicians is made possible in part by support from the Metropolitan Youth Symphony.
September 6, 2014
On Deck with Dashiell and Juna Henderson
On Deck has been profiling kids in the area since the Fall of 2013, and the show has tended to feature some of the most exceptional TEEN musicians in our community. This week, however, we focus on a couple of young boys –ages 7 and 11— who are just beginning their musical journey. These brothers… More
August 30, 2014
On Deck with PJ Hummelt
18-year-old PJ Hummelt plays the French horn … not an easy instrument to master. He’ll tell us how he perseveres and why he loves classical music. PJ will also share stories about battling nerves as he plays principal horn in the Portland Youth Philharmonic.
August 23, 2014
On Deck with Daniel Tang
15-year-old violinist Daniel Tang recently won second place in Oregon’s State Solo Competition with a pretty spectacular performance of Pablo de Sarasate’s “Gypsy Airs.” We’ll hear that performance and learn more about this talented young man in this episode of “On Deck with Young Musicians.”
August 16, 2014
On Deck with Sylvia Romero
In this episode of “On Deck” we’ll meet the youngest musician to have been featured on the show: 11-year-old Sylvia Romero. (Just because she’s young doesn’t mean she’s quiet and shy, though – Sylvia is hilarious and is always performing.) Incredibly passionate about ALL the arts, Sylvia is studying opera with Hannah Penn and ballet… More
August 9, 2014
On Deck with Olivia Langley
Olivia Langley is an 18-year old oboist and singer, who also studies epigenetics and loves Marvel comic books. In this episode of On Deck we’ll meet Olivia and hear what it was like for her to have been thrust into the spotlight as an English horn soloist for Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony earlier this year…. More
August 2, 2014
On Deck with Geetha Somayajula
Geetha Somayajula just graduated from Westview High School and is headed to USC’s Thornton School of Music in the Fall to pursue choral music. Her musical journey began at the age of 7, though, when she started singing Indian classical music. Meet the ambitious, multi-faceted Geetha Somayajula in this episode of On Deck with Young… More
July 26, 2014
On Deck with Jimmy Brown
18-year-old Jimmy Brown just graduated from Reynolds High School, and just aged out of the Portland Youth Philharmonic –where he played viola- and the Pacific Youth Choir –where he sang baritone. In this episode of On Deck we’ll talk to Jimmy about what’s next for him: attending the University of Oregon this Fall to study… More
July 5, 2014
On Deck at Bravo Youth Orchestras
Bravo Youth Orchestras is an organization which this year implemented the “El Sistema” method of music education in North Portland. For the past school year, Bravo has been in action at one of the city’s poorest elementary schools, and in this episode of “On Deck” we’ll listen in to the progress these young kids have… More
June 28, 2014
On Deck with Maeve Nagel-Frazel
14-year-old violinist Maeve Nagel-Frazel just completed her final year at Sunnyside Environmental School – a “K-through-8” school which requires all graduating 8th graders to write and deliver a speech which explores a topic they care deeply about. Maeve chose to speak about her love of classical music. In this episode we’ll hear her read this… More
June 21, 2014
On Deck with Nathan Kim
14-year-old pianist Nathan Kim recently performed solo in Carnegie Hall. We’ll ask him about that experience, and hear the piece he played: Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15. Nathan is very methodical, loves math, and is also really into Sherlock Holmes. You can read more about Nathan at Oregon Music News and The Newberg Graphic.
