Join us for amazing masterclasses by the stellar Pinchas Zukerman, violin and Amanda Forsyth, cello on Friday, January 31 at 4pm in the Rhinehart Music Center at Purdue Fort Wayne. What a great start to our 2020 guest artist program!
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