Jaden Teague-Núñez, 16, a sophomore at DeKalb High School, with the steelpan Monday, March 18, 2024, in the band room at the school. Teague-Núñez won first place in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition and will appear as a soloist in a CSO youth concert during the 2024-25 season. (Mark Busch)
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