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Meet the boy whose 'wow' moment sparked a viral online search

Meet the boy whose 'wow' moment sparked a viral online search
♪ MARY: THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MUSIC THAT SPEAKS TO RONAN MADDEN, EVEN THOUGH HE STRUGGLES TO COMMUNICATE HIMSELF. THE NINE-YEAR-OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE BOYS -- NINE-YEAR-OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE BOY LIVES WITH AUTISM. >> HE LOVES MUSIC AND WATCHING MUSIC VIDEOS AND PARTICULARLY, INSTRUMENTS NOW. MARY: WHICH IS WHY HIS GRANDFATHER STEPHEN DARED TO TAKE RONAN TO SYMPHONY HALL IN BOSTON SUNDAY, TO SEE AND HEAR THE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY. IT WAS A BOLD AND RISKY MOVE BUT RONAN LOVED IT. HE LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW AS THE ORCHESTRA PLAYED THE FINAL NOTES OF MOZART바카라 게임 웹사이트S MASONIC MUSIC. ♪ >> WOW. [LAUGHTER] EMARY: THE DELIGHTED AUDIENCE ABRUPT IT IN APPLAUSE AND THE RECORDING HAS GONE VIRAL. >> SUCH A GENUINE, UNPROMPTED RESPONSE LIKE THAT WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. MARY: THE WORLD SEEMS TO AGREE, RONAN, NOW DUBBED THE WOW KID, IS GETTING PLENTY OF REQUESTS FOR HIS STORY. ♪ >> WE ARE HE DOES FOR OTHERS WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US. ♪ MARIA: HE SAID IT, BUT WE CAN SAY IT. WOW.
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Meet the boy whose 'wow' moment sparked a viral online search
A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert.The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished a rendition of Mozart's "Masonic Funeral" at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday when a youngster blurted out: "Wow!"The group was so charmed that they launched a search for the "Wow Child" with the help of audio of the moment captured by WCRB-FM. The child is 9-year-old Ronan Mattin, of New Hampshire, WGBH-FM reported Thursday. He attended the concert with his grandfather Stephen Mattin.Ronan's grandmother had seen a report on TV that said the society was looking for the child.Stephen Mattin said Ronan is on the autism spectrum and expresses himself differently from how other people do. He said his grandson is a huge music fan."I had told several people because I thought it was a funny story," Stephen Mattin said. "About how he was expressing his admiration for the performance and put everybody in stitches."Handel & Haydn President David Snead said he is setting up a Skype meeting with Ronan and Harry Christophers, the society's artistic director who was conducting the night of the performance. The society will invite Ronan and his family back to the venue in October, when the 2019-2020 season opens, for another Mozart performance conducted by Christophers.Snead called Sunday's experience one of the most wonderful moments he has ever had in a concert hall.

A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert.

The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished a rendition of Mozart's "Masonic Funeral" at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday when a youngster blurted out: "Wow!"

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The group was so charmed that they launched a search for the "Wow Child" with the help of audio of the moment captured by WCRB-FM. The child is 9-year-old Ronan Mattin, of New Hampshire, WGBH-FM reported Thursday. He attended the concert with his grandfather Stephen Mattin.

Ronan's grandmother had seen a report on TV that said the society was looking for the child.

Stephen Mattin said Ronan is on the autism spectrum and expresses himself differently from how other people do. He said his grandson is a huge music fan.

"I had told several people because I thought it was a funny story," Stephen Mattin said. "About how he was expressing his admiration for the performance and put everybody in stitches."

Handel & Haydn President David Snead said he is setting up a Skype meeting with Ronan and Harry Christophers, the society's artistic director who was conducting the night of the performance. The society will invite Ronan and his family back to the venue in October, when the 2019-2020 season opens, for another Mozart performance conducted by Christophers.

Snead called Sunday's experience one of the most he has ever had in a concert hall.