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American Maestro with Bernstein West Side Story

Memphis Symphony Orchestra's First Horizon Foundation Masterworks Series continues with "American Maestro: Bernstein's West Side Story" on Saturday, January 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, and Sunday, January 19, at 2:30 p.m. at Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center.

Darel Snodgrass talks with Carl St.Clair, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra's guest conductor, about this all-American concert, which features four works by American composers and guest pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.

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I began piano lessons at age 6, trumpet at age 9, and began teaching myself the guitar at 10. My electronics knowledge comes from my father, who had the RCA television and stereo shop in my hometown of Pocahontas, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. My dad is still fixing televisions at age 79.