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Saturday, May 26, 2012

12-Year-old West Roxbury Boy Plays at Carnegie Hall

Peter Wang's dream of playing at the world renown Carnegie Hill in NYC came true on May 6, 2012.

  It didn't take long for 12-year-old Peter Wang to deliver on a 2011 West Roxbury Patch prediction that he would one day play piano at Carnegie Hall. It only took him a little longer than a year! Wang's mother, Diana, wrote to West Roxbury Patch, about her son's awesome accomplishment, "My name is Diana Wang. You wrote an article about my son Peter Wang on July 10, 2011 after his overall winning in South Shore Conservatory's Piano Solo Competition." Said Diana, "In the article you wrote 'In a couple of years West Roxbury's Peter Wang may play piano at Carnegie Hall...' Actually the dream came true on May 6, 2012. Peter attended Winner's Concert for 9th Annual American Fine Arts Festival at Carnegie Hall. I want to thank you for your …

Sunday, April 15, 2012

West Roxbury Youths Sing at Carnegie Hall

Owen O’Donnell of West Roxbury, "I honestly can’t believe that we performed at the world’s most famous concert hall."

  Richard Canon and Owen O’Donnell of West Roxbury, juniors at Boston College High School, along with 83 other members of The BC High Concert Choir, recently performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the weeks leading up to the Carnegie Hall performance Richard and Owen and their fellow-singers were asked to come to school at 7 a.m. 3 to 4 times per week to rehearse, even during school vacation week in February. The repertoire was carefully considered for the world-renowned venue by Dr. Marina Rozenberg, Choir Director at BC High. The choir students mastered selections in Latin, Czech, Russian and English as the repertoire included classical pieces composed by Puccini, Prokofiev and Dvorak. The program also contained a traditional …

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