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El Sistema Comes to the U.S.

By Greg | Published: January 3, 2010
My mother, who lives in Los Angeles, has been telling me about the new, young conductor of the LA Philharmonic and his involvement in music education for disadvantaged kids but it didn’t really sink in until I watched some YouTube videos (see below) of performances by the youth symphony that he directs in his native [...]
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Joe Craven on Mastery

By Greg | Published: September 16, 2009
Joe Craven is a master musician, gifted teacher and all around fun guy. I had the pleasure of attending his workshop on folk music at the Strawberry Music Festival, this past Labor Day weekend. Joe makes a strong case that everyone can make music, once we overcome our preconceived notions about what it means to [...]
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