Beginning January 2022, Michael Repper will become Artistic Director of the Central Ensembles of Sinfonía por el Perú, one of the world's most versatile social impact music organizations in the world. Serving over 5,000 students total throughout the country, the Central Ensembles are the flagship orchestras and choruses in Lima, which feature some of the most advanced and driven students in all of South America. Follow news here!

For the second year in a row, Michael was featured on CNN's Fourth in America broadcast, this year during the 8PM Primetime Hour, alongside the New York Youth Symphony and Billy Ray Cyrus! Repper, Cyrus, and NYYS performed Neil Diamond's Coming to America, Billy Ray Cyrus' Some Gave All, and a special bonus cut of Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart. 

Originally, the group was only supposed to record Coming to America and Some Gave All. After the group finished, however, Billy Ray suggested we record Achy Breaky, so Michael taught NYYS how to play the song in about 10 minutes, with no printed music and verbal instructions! CNN loved it and put it on the air!

This is the second year in a row that Michael and the New York Youth Symphony were featured on CNN's Fourth in America. In 2020, the group was the Grand Finale, playing Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance. 

While the original performance aired during the 8PM hour, CNN re-aired it at the conclusion of the broadcast as well, so that makes two years in a row that Repper and NYYS were the Grand Finale!