Previewing the extraordinary

posted 09:01 AM Monday, January 18, 2010

By: Chip Chandler

Welcome back! We've been on a bit of a hiatus around here, but the 2009-10 season is back into full swing this week with our fourth subscription concert, "Discover the Extraordinary."

You're in for a rare treat at these concerts. We believe this is the first time the marimba has been featured as a solo instrument in an Amarillo Symphony concert. And we've found a terrific pioneer in Eriko Daimo.

Eriko has won scores of international competitions and has performed all around the world, from Mexico to Belgium to Japan. And she's here because Kimbo saw her on YouTube.

Actually, Kimbo was guest-conducting for a community orchestra in his hometown in Japan a few years ago, where he ran into one of his old music teachers, who began raving to Kimbo about Eriko. So Kimbo checked her out on YouTube and began to program a concert that would feature her.

Check her out for yourself:

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