In this final episode from our 2022 season of Young Artists Spotlight, we bring you highlights from some of the most outstanding performances of the season, featuring string soloists ranging from violin to contrabass.

On this episode of Young Artists Spotlight, we're featuring vocal soloists and student composers from the 5th Annual Fresno State Art Song Festival.

This week on Young Artists Spotlight, we hear from The Woodward Quartet, a group of Fresno-based students. This performance was recorded in March 2022.

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.

In this episode, we hear from a young string quartet named Free26. This performance was recorded March 17, 2022, at a concert in Fresno.

This week, we feature more string soloists from the Fresno/Clovis area.

This episode features more string soloists from the Simba School of Music in Fresno. We’ll be treated to a wide range of selections from the Romantic repertoire.

Our season opener features string soloists from the Simba School of Music in Fresno. They range in age from elementary school through high school.

On this final episode of the 2021 season of Young Artists Spotlight, we feature more performances from Claire Vega, Emma Woodward, Rowan Crass, Emma…

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…