Contributed / Lauren Rico

Many WSHU listeners are familiar with the name Lauren Rico, our afternoon and evening classical music host.

What they may not know is that, in addition to being a talented radio personality, Rico is also an accomplished author, and she has written the script for this weekend's New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concert. Tickets are still available here .

WSHU’s Molly Ingram sat down with Rico to hear about the process and why it’s been so meaningful.

WSHU: Hi, Lauren, tell me about the show. What can people expect?

LR: Well, this is one of those young people's concerts. Folks of a certain generation may recall that Leonard Bernstein used to do these on TV. They were very popular back in the day, and it was pretty much him talking about each piec

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