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Wabash Valley Youth Symphony 11/13 Concert Preview

Wabash Valley Youth Symphony

WBAA's John Clare recently spoke with the Wabash Valley Youth Symphony's Guest Director Wilber Lin, and Sharon Kim, a violinist of the orchestra performing in the next WVYS concert, Sunday evening at 7 at the Long Center for the Performing Arts.

The program includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, and the finale of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. There's more about the concert here.

John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
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