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From Family Roots to World Stages: The Musical Journey of Kalman Levitin
Meet a DCYOP senior whose time in the program is taking him from the rehearsal room to Harvard and the New England Conservatory. When Kalman Levitin picked up the oboe
So Much for Picking a Smaller Instrument – Conor Rammelsburg
When Conor Rammelsberg was in third grade, his school’s orchestra teacher did something simple but life-changing, she played the strings and slapped a rhythm on the body of a double
The Flute Heard Around the World – Murilo Santos
The flute had already been everywhere. It had crossed oceans in a diplomat’s suitcase and was played in the songs of community orchestras from East Africa to Western Europe. Then
Avril Graffe Droboniku – Music is My Language of Connection
August, 2025. A junior in high school at DC’s top magnet school, Avril Graffe Droboniku, by all outward appearances may look like any ordinary high school student. But ordinary she
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