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Kim Yu-Na and Mao Asada Skate to Some Great Music, Cheltzie Lee Takes the Gold Medal for Most Innovative Musical Choice

February 26, 2010

Like the rest of the world, I was mesmerized last night by the high quality of skating in the ladies’ competition. I had hoped that the women would have chosen some more adventurous music. Kim Yu-Na and Mao Asada did, at the very least, choose music for their free skate programs other than the stereotypical [...]

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How Music Saved My Life, and Why Music Education Should Be Taken More Seriously

June 27, 2008

A few days ago I came across a story reported by Reuters that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez public music programs have taken 300,000 kids out of slums in a country with some of the “highest murder rates in the world.” I reminisced of how music saved my life.  I grew up in a middle class [...]

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