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Music News

At New World, Young Musicians Expand Skills

Miami's New World Symphony offers a unique educational environment for talented young musicians. The artists have all their expenses paid while they play a concert season, build their repertoires and study with veteran conductors. But the symphony fellowships don't just stop at musical training. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

At New World, Young Musicians Expand Skills

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Music Interviews

Michael Tilson Thomas' New World Symphony

Some of the country's best young classical musicians congregate in Miami each year to participate in the New World Symphony. In the first of a three-part series following the symphony, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the orchestra's artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas.

Michael Tilson Thomas' New World Symphony

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