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WATCH: ROC Teens Weigh In On Issues Of Our Time & Preserving The Work of Black Female Composers

Associated Press

http://youtu.be/WkESP9JUAEw

What do teens in Rochester really think about some of the issues in our community and our country? Youth police relations, the “Black Lives Matter” movement, school discipline issues, unemployment, the presidential election and more. An engaging conversation with Rochester teens on this edition of Need to Know with host Hélène Biandudi Hofer.

Also on the show, some of their compositions were never published, their symphonic pieces never recorded, but their legacies are being preserved through the upcoming Gateways Music Festival in Rochester. Revealing the stories and work of black female classical music composers.