Carnegie Hall Spotlight Concert (2026)

2026 BOSTON UNIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall • New York City

March 24, 2026

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music proudly returned to New York City’s renowned Carnegie Hall for a special annual concert on March 24, 2026. The performances at Weill Recital Hall featured a select group of talented graduate music students, winners of the BU Spotlight competition.

“This spotlight concert celebrates some of our extremely talented students at Boston University, and offers a snapshot of the musical brilliance that takes place every day on our campus,” says Karin Hendricks, BU School of Music Director.

The spring 2026 performers were selected after participating in a competition in the fall of 2025, when each applied department within BU School of Music (Voice, Piano, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion) held preliminary auditions open to seniors and graduate student performers. Finalists selected from each department competed before a panel of outside adjudicators, all renowned performing musicians.

2026 BU Spotlight Student Performers. From left: **ShuangXiang Shan** (CFA’26), **Ethan McGrath** (CFA’29), **Heming Cao** (CFA’27), **Yifang Xu** (CFA’29), **Grayson Hinrichs** (BUTI’22, CFA’27), **Jisoo Kim** (BUTI’16, CFA’30), **Andy OuYang** (CFA’29), **Ying Jin** (CFA’27), and **Freya Downey** (CFA’26)

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BU STUDENTS LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL

These exceptional BU musicians performed on a stage that has hosted world-class, top-tier soloists and performing groups from prestigious musical organizations who regularly perform in Carnegie’s various concert series.

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