Encore: World Premieres from the Sounds of Us Festival Part 1

The latest stories from www.wqxr.org · Aug 19, 2026

This broadcast originally aired on February 12th, 2025. In part one of this two-part series, host Alexa Smith features student composers from The Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division with performances from the 2024 Sounds of Us festival at The Kennedy Center. The performances come from the “To Believe” portion of the festival, which featured world premieres by Alyssa Weinberg, Trevor Weston, and composition students of Juilliard’s Pre-College program. Juilliard Preparatory Division Dean and Director Weston Sprott and Pre-College student Sophia Kunxu Dou in rehearsal for Sounds of US (Photo…