Last November, PT Senior Producer Suzanne Schaffer received a call from a nationally respected music teacher. Did Schaffer want to hear from a young musician who, "might well do for the tuba what Segovia did for guitar?" Schaffer laughed.
As it turns out, this young musician is no joke. Coco Wieprecht is a charming young student with a preternatural knack for bringing elegance to the tuba she inherited from her father.
This week on PT, Wieprecht will join Fred as our first-ever Young Artist in Residence born in the 21st Century. Listen as she and Fred discuss her budding music career and how she gets her 40-lb instrument to and from school. Plus, we'll hear her play a solo piece by Philadelphia-born composer, Vincent Persichetti.
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