Soundmix: Five Young Musicians, airing on PBS Thursday, October 7, 2004, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET, profiles five teenage musicians with deep connections to American musical traditions. Each story explores the music, mentors, communities and cultures that fuel the passions of these young players. The program includes hometown profiles and scenes from a workshop where the musicians meet for the first time and share their musical styles.

Soundmix introduces Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (photo), a jazz horn player from New Orleans; Hovia Edwards, a Native-American flute player from the Shoshone-Bannock Reservation in Fort Hall, Idaho; Camilo Molina Gaetan, a Latin drummer from New York City; Gabrielle Athayde, a classical cellist and rock’n’roll bassist from the San Francisco Bay area; and Jake Krack, an old-time fiddle player from rural West Virginia. Mentors featured in the program include trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the late old-time fiddle legend Melvin Wine and master Latin drummer Louis Bauzo.

Underwriters: Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting Diversity Fund. Producer: Free Range Productions. Producers: Pamela Benson and Claudia Mogel. Director/editor: Alan McPheely