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A marimba  performance by 16-year-old Joshua Jones of Chicago, Illinois; 12-year-old violinist Anna Lee, from Queens, New York; and the Maggiore Trio — Anna Lee, 11-year-old pianist Alice Burla and 13-year-old cellist Taeguk Mun.

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Eleven-year-old pianist Daniel Song of Pennsylvania; 15-year-old Caeli Smith, a “Roving Reporter” on NPR’s “From the Top”; and Matthew Lipman, 16, a dedicated violist.

August 2008 (check local listings)

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Guitarist Travis Johnson, 14, of Milwaukie, Oregon; 17-year old marimba player Jingchen Sun of New York City; 12-year-old pianist MacKenzie Melemend from Paxton, Massachusetts.

August 2008 (check local listings)

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Cellist Lev Mamuya, 11, from Newton, Massachusetts; 18-year-old French horn player Eliodoro Vallecillo from Santa Cruz, California; and the Chicagoland-area Ridere String Quartet, composed of 18-year-olds Samantha Bennett, Ryan Meehan, Emma Steele and Mindy Park.

August 2008 (check local listings)

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The Switala Duo, a brother and sister team of violinists from Grapevine, Texas; double bassist Kiyoe Wellington, 15, from Kaneohe, Hawaii; and 18-year-old Patricio Molina, a native of Chile who moved to New York City to study piano.

September 2008 (check local listings)

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Eleven-year-old violinist Simone Porter from Seattle, Washington; 13-year-old cellist Jonah Ellsworth from Cambridge, Massachusetts; and 18-year-old tuba player Ibanda Ruhumbika of Atlanta, Georgia.

September 2008 (check local listings)

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Young People’s Chorus of New York City with founder and artistic director Francisco J. Nunez; and 17-year-old classical guitarist, and speed skater, Kimani Griffin from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

September 2008 (check local listings)

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Renowned violinist Gil Shaham with 10-year-old violinist and Red Sox fan Alice Ivy-Pemberton from New York City; and 17-year old pianist Ji-Yong Kim from Midland Park, New Jersey.

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Fifteen-year-old pianist Clare Yeo from New York, New York; Matthew Woodard, a 13-year-old composer and violinist from South Hadley, Massachusetts; and the Luna Trio: 18-year-old violinist Jennifer Wey from Saratoga, 14-year-old cellist Tessa Seymour from Berkeley and 16-year-old pianist Mayumi Tsuchida from Mill Valley, California.

October 2008 (check local listings)

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Seventeen-year-old pianist Ronald Joseph from outside New Orleans; 14-year-old jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky from Hampstead, Quebec; and 17-year-old violinist Allyson Tomsky from Brooklyn, New York.

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Thirteen-year-old violinist Chad Hoopes from Shaker Heights, Ohio; 17-year old violist Shundeena Beard from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 17-year-old Rachel Sandman from La Canada, California; and 17-year-old Patrick McGuire from Westford, Massachusetts.

October 2008 (check local listings)