She was only 16 when she performed with us. She captivated the audience when she was here.

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(Music) is one of the things that always gets cut when schools face (financial) difficulties. When I was in school, we had instruments and uniforms and we had great budgets and we took trips and now it's wham! Everything is gone.

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There are so many pianists that play so well. Once they're at that level, the judging is so subjective.

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No one forgets the first time you hear it.

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This is the first time we've ever done Mozart outdoors.

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April is one of those months where everyone is involved in 10 different things. There isn't a day that goes by that someone isn't having some kind of recital. Work in the end of the school year and the (Easter) holiday, and it's very busy.

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It's a nice idea around which to program a lot of different music. Using that as a theme was a good way to build an eclectic concert - anything connected with dance. It's shorter, lighter, different types of music. And we have a couple of surprises, too.

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