Show I ir PAULA David and Myron pianist to sitting and Elaine and Judy violinist will play in the Abravanel Praises i Prepares Youth Concert Maestro Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony will present a special to j concert this Friday evening at in the Salt Lake IX AX EXCLUSIVE release to the Utah Chronicle today Maestro Abravanel explained how and why this Friday's concert came my experience with young people both here and at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Abravanel was struck by the fact that youth today far from being what it is accused of being lacking in very seems to me to be much better than the youth of my IS A he American youngsters if they set their minds to it achieve a degree of proficiency particularly in the musical field are far above their European This was true not only in my day but is also true he David whom I had chosen as a Utah State Fair winner and who had performed at a youth concert with the Utah Symphony in the Salt won the Post contest in I decided that I had to do something about it locally and that he could not just be forgotten and unsung In our Abravanel WINNING of this contest meant that he was last year the best young performer of high school age in the entire fifty He did win a award in Washington and appearances with the National but he still did not receive the recognition awarded dozens of young people with achievements in the athletic Looking to Friday night's concert and the Abravanel to the help of the Deseret News we presented an evening concert in the Salt Lake Tabernacle with the entire Utah Symphony and David Brown as The success was such that 1 planned then and there to try each year to recognize the top talent among the young people in our THE FIVE SOLOISTS to be presented this Friday at in the Salt Lake Tabernacle have all been State Fair They were auditioned repeatedly and promised to give a very exciting and wonderful Special student prices for the concert are and with all seats These prices are 50 per cent of the regular adult prices in any Tickets are on sale at the Utah Symphony 55 West 1st |