Sixteen year old Takumi Taguchi is the 2017 Coeur d'Alene Symphony Competition winner, earning the chance to play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the CDA Symphony at the 2017 Labor Day concert.
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.