Community Music School of Webster University (CMS) Director Justin Blackburn, Guest Composer Dr. Daniel Pesca, and first place winners Aadit Shrivastava and Emily Chen talk with Kathy Lawton Brown about the 2024-2025 CMS Young Composers Competition and free concert of winning works played by Chamber Project St. Louis on March 29, 2025. Learn more at webster.edu/cms-ycc

0         Introductions / Justin Blackburn – Overview of YCC competition.
04:54   Aadit Shrivastaya – Interview
14:51   Aadit Shrivastaya – The Bells Sing 
20:37   Emily Chen – Interview
30:02   Emily Chen – One and Only
41:20   Daniel Pesca – Interview
49:33   Daniel Pesca – Hyde Park Blvd. – Mvts 5,6  
55:27   Final Summary/tag