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During a city tour of Prague in 2017, Hyunwoo Roh and his friends from Golden State Youth Orchestra stopped for a photo before performing their first central Europe concert in Smetana Hall that evening. The students
promoted their concerts with posters and flyers to draw a larger audience. “At least for the tour
two years ago [in 2017] each hall was a full house,” Roh says. Photo by Kevin Cao](https://viaverdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_7007-475x300.jpg)
