15-year-old clarinetist Joshua Choi from Palisades Park, New Jersey performs a bright and airy excerpt of Hommage á J. S. Bach by Béla Kovács.
Joshua is a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award.
Palisades Park, New Jersey Joshua performed on Show 379 in Portland, Maine on November 20, 2019.
Joshua Choi (clarinet), 15, lives in Palisades Park, New Jersey and attends Palisades Park High School. He is a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. He studies clarinet with Ayako Oshima at The Juilliard School Precollege Division. He is also the youngest principal player in the New York Youth Symphony. Joshua also loves playing the bass guitar and listening to music of all kinds. He is also very excited to travel and discover new areas of the world and experience different cultures and food.
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