HLIGHTING TALENTED
KIDS HERE IN TOWN.
>> MIKE: OH, YEAH.
TALK ABOUT TALENTED, THERE'S A
14-YEAR-OLD VIOLINIST WHO'S
PUTTING A TWIST ON HIS
PERFORMANCES AND GETTING
RECOGNIZED UP THERE IN BOERNE.
JENN HAS MORE.
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>> I WOULDN'T HAVE LEARNED TO
PLAY THE VIOLIN IF NOT FOR MY
MOM.
I ASKED FOR A SET OF DRUMS AND
SHE GOT ME A LITTLE BOX.
I SAID I ASKED FOR DRUMS.
AND I OPENED IT AND IT WAS A
VIOLIN AND I SAID, OKAY, I GUESS
I'LL PLAY THIS.
YES, THE BEST CHOICE EVER.
THIS IS THE SAME ONE I HAD FOR
SEVEN YEARS.
>> YOU WON'T FIND HIM PLAYING
VIDEO GAME
THIS 14-YEAR-OLD PREFERS PLAYING
MUSIC.
>> I LOVE IT.
I LOVE MUSIC IN GENERAL.
I JUST -- I LOVE ALL -- THIS IS
MY FAVORITE INSTRUMENT, BUT I
LOVE ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS.
THEY'RE SO -- THEY'RE AWESO
>> AARON IS A FORMER MEMBER OF
THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SAN
ANTONIO.
BUT THE MUSIC PREFERENCE IS A
LITTLE -- WELL, MORE MODE
>> TRYING TO GO EVERY SUNDAY TO
GO PLAY CLASSICAL MUSIC.
IT'S NOT MY THING.
I LIKE MORE MODERN, ELECTRIC,
AND, YEAH, N MUSIC.
>> READING NOTES?
>> I GO BY EAR.
I SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS
DOING AND I SAY, OH, THAT'S
EASY.
>> HE PREFERS TO LISTEN AND
MIMIC, THANKS TO ONE OF HIS
FIRST MENTORS.
>> HE TAUGHT ME, OKAY, YOU'RE
GOING TO PLAY THIS SONG AND GO
WITH IT, GIVE IT A TRY.
I'M LIKE, OH, OKAY.
AND OH CAPE, GOOD.
-- OKAY, GOOD, TRY TO FEEL IT.
JUST KEPT DOING BETTER AFTER
TH
>> HIS TALENT IS RECOGNIZED.
PLAYING RESTAURANTS AT BOERNE
AND ASKED TO PERFORM AROUND
TOWN.
HE CREDITS HIS PARENTS FOR
PUSHING HIM TO PLAY THE VIE LEAN
AT 4 YEARS OLD.
>> I DIDN'T GIVE HIM AN OPTION.
I TOLD HIM, YOU NEED TO PLAY
BECAUSE THAT MAKES YOU A BETTER
PERSON.
AND YOU NEED TO STUDY BECAUSE
YOU WILL HAVE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES.
>> YES, GABRIELLA RIVERA
ENCOURAGES OTHER PARENTS TO PUSH
THEIR CHILDREN TO TRY NEW
THINGS.
AS FOR AARON, HE'S GOT ALL KINDS
OF THINGS.
>> I LOVE DAVID GARRET.
I WISH THAT SOME DAY I COULD BE
SOMEONE LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO BE A NEUROSURGEON, BUT
IN MY ME TIME, I WAS TO BE LIKE
DAVID GUERIN.
HE'S AWESOME
>> A VIOLIN-PLAYING
NEUROSURGEON?
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
FOR SA LIVE, I'M JENN
TOBIASTREVSKY.
>> MIKE: THAT TALENTED AND WANTS
TO BE A NEUROSURGEON.
FUTURE NEUROSURGEON.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> FIONA: HERE TODAY WITH A LIVE
TASTE OF HIS FAVORITE KIND OF
MUSIC.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT
YOU LIKE TO PERFORM LIVE?
>> I DO.
YOU WANT ME TO PLAY FOR YOU?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> PLEASE.
>> TAKE IT AWAY, SI