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From the Studio: Symphony Week 2017 - Day 3

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Dan Cotter, Bethany Schoeff

Day Three of Symphony Week at Spokane Public Radio is about music education and family engagement. Associate conductor Jorge Luis Uzcategui explained the Music Innovates program, joined by parent and school secretary Seth Sakuma with son 6th-grade son and oboist Abraham Sakuma. Symphony members and leaders, Bethany Schoeff and Dan Cotter (also husband and wife) talked about innovative programs for the whole family. 

Verne Windham got his start at Spokane Public Radio 20 years ago. “I came in to complain and they hired me.” He’s now the Program Director, as well as the host of Morning Classical and Concert of the Week. When choosing music for Morning Classical, Verne likes to keep the agenda as broadly defined as possible. For Concert of the Week, he focuses on the best of recent local performances, mostly classical in nature. For many years, Verne was also the conductor of the Spokane Youth Orchestra. He enjoys gardening, his vintage car and playing French horn.