Symphony of Westchester's Family Program to Showcase Student Achievements, 2/8

The Symphony of Westchester turns the spotlight on young musicians at its annual Family Program on Feb. 8, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Iona College's Christopher J. Murphy Auditorium in New Rochelle.

The featured soloist will be the winner of the second annual Concerto Competition that the Symphony hosts with the Hoff-Barthelson Music School of Scarsdale. This student, chosen from a field of 11 contestants aged 10-16, will perform a movement from Mozart's Piano Concerto, No. 9. K. 271, in E-flat Major. Members of the Symphony will perform compositions written by students in the Composers of the Future workshop, run by the Symphony in collaboration with New Rochelle's Songcatchers after-school program. Seymour Barab's The Selfish Giant, narrated by well-known radio host Robert Sherman, is also on the program.

A snow-date of Sat., Feb. 7 at 3:00 p.m. has been set. The decision to use the snow date will be made on Fri., Feb. 6 and will be posted on the website, www.thesymphonyofwestchester.org, and will also be available by phone at (914) 654-4926.

This concert is suitable for children ages 4 and older. Tickets are $5 for children and $15 for adults.