"Performathon" is Merit's annual weekend-long music festival featured dozens of ensembles and hundreds of performers.

Introductions is on hiatus today as WFMT instead features live coverage of Performathon 2012 from the Merit School of Music from 9AM until 12PM. Hosted by Steve Robinson and David Polk.

Performathon is Merit’s annual showcase of students from its Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-Free Conservatory in 12 hours of non-stop classical, big band, jazz blues and vocal performances.

All proceeds support Merit School of Music’s programming including the Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory:

Each year, approximately 350 students, ages 9-18, engage in a rigorous and progressively challenging music education curriculum that runs 26 weeks, on Saturdays, from October through May. The nationally recognized curriculum includes theory, instrumental, vocal techniques and ensemble training, an extensive Honors Program, as well as performance competitions/scholarships and “preparing for college” workshops. Admission to the program is based on audition only, and offers an average of $2,500 of tuition-free music instruction to each student annually. More than half of our students are from low-income families.

A full program is downloadable here: http://www.meritmusic.org/support/fe_performathon.php

Listen to hour 1 of 3:

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