Meeting Our Heroes
America's most extraordinary young musicians, ages eight to 18, are showcased in this series. Fourteen-year-old Travis Johnson, from Milwaukie, Oregon, chose the wood for his own custom-made guitar, on which he performs "Boppin'" by Bryan Johannson, a piece commissioned for him. Seventeen-year-old marimba player Jingchen Sun moved to New York City after her father sold the family's home in China to pay for her marimba. Inspired by a chance meeting with the great marimba player and composer Keiko Abe, Jingchen gives an energetic performance of Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic's "Ultimatum I." Twelve-year-old MacKenzie Melemend, from Paxton, Massachusetts, is a bowling champion and a master magician in addition to being a skilled pianist. His musical skill has allowed him to meet President Bush, Rosie O'Donnell and Marvin Hamlisch, and to perform as part of a Mozart program on the Discovery Channel. MacKenzie closes the episode with a performance of Prokofiev's Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 1.
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