David Aus
Host & ProducerDavid Aus is the host of Sunday Night Jazz and Young Artists Spotlight on KVPR, as well as other special programs featuring the valley's local musicians and artists. He is also a social media and marketing specialist for KVPR. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, David Aus has lived in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, before arriving in Fresno in 2002. Prior to joining KVPR, he spent many years as an on-air host at KFSR. When not on the air, David is a busy jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator.
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This episode features the Bakersfield Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO), from a concert recorded June 11, 2022 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Fresno, and also pays homage to trumpeter Daniel Edwards, a former member of the BYSO and a past performer on Young Artists Spotlight, who died tragically from COVID in March 2021. We’ll hear Daniel Edwards’ appearance on YAS from March 2009. A centerpiece of the BYSO performance is the world premier of a work commissioned in honor of Daniel Edwards, composed by retired CSUB professor Doug Davis. -
Violinist Xavion is a student at University High School in Fresno. He performs music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Henri Casadesus, and Vittorio Monti.
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Our guests in this episode are a string quartet from Bakersfield. They all attend Stockdale High School, and they’re all members of Bakersfield Youth Symphony Orchestra, so they call themselves the BYSO Quartet. They perform music by Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart.
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A string quartet from Fresno performs music of Felix Mendelssohn and Aleksandr Glazunov. They are Atom Paz (violin), Rajbir Longia (violin), Eve Nelson (viola), and Elena White (cello). Their coach is Lianna Elmore.
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We kick off the 2023 season of Young Artists Spotlight with a performance by violinist Rowan Crass. He performs work of Bach, Lalo, and Paganini.
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On this final episode of the 2021 season of Young Artists Spotlight, we feature more performances from Claire Vega, Emma Woodward, Rowan Crass, Emma…
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This week on Young Artists Spotlight, we feature a performance from guitarist John Benjie Arriba, a senior at Central High School. He performs solo pieces…
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On this edition of Young Artists Spotlight, host David Aus features Bakersfield violinist Brian Shih, performing Mozart with the Bakersfield Symphony…
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This week on Young Artists Spotlight, we feature performances from three Fresno State vocal performance students: Aunika Bull, Jordan Pulido, and Katie La…
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Anna Jian from Bakersfield’s Stockdale High School performs cello work by Tchaikovsky with the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra and piano work by…
