Amit Peled's magnificent melodies with the Mount Vernon Virtuosi

By Tom Hall,

Teria Rogers, Sam Bermas-Dawes

Published December 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM EST

Members of the Mt. Vernon Virtuosi orchestra's Cello Gang, gathered to record their Midday concert on December 6 in the studio of WYPR's sister station, WTMD. Acclaimed cellist and Peabody Institute educator, Amit Peled (center) leads the Gang, a group of five of Peled’s gifted Peabody students that today includes (left to right): Rachel Taylor, Jiaoyang Xu, Natalia Vilchis, Paul Lee and Shawn Hsu. (photo by Rob Sivak/WYPR) — Members of the Mt. Vernon Virtuosi orchestra's Cello Gang, gathered to record their Midday concert on December 6 in the studio of WYPR's sister station, WTMD. Acclaimed cellist and Peabody Institute educator, Amit Peled (center) leads the Gang, a group of five of Peled’s gifted Peabody students that today includes (left to right): Rachel Taylor, Jiaoyang Xu, Natalia Vilchis, Paul Lee and Shawn Hsu.

Cellist Amit Peled is the founder and artistic director of the Mount Vernon Virtuosi, a string orchestra of young musicians who perform free concerts in churches, synagogues, prisons, hospitals and schools throughout the Baltimore-Washington area.

The Mount Vernon Virtuosi will be presenting their annual Mozart in Jeans concerts tomorrow and Sunday in Baltimore and Rockville.

The Mount Vernon Virtuosi is a WYPR underwriter.

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