Benjamin Zander’s TED Talk on Classical Music

Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra since 1979, and is also a speaker on leadership. He reminds me of Leonard Bernstein who also not only had a musical gift, but could speak eloquently about his passion for music and the special, universal mode of communication that music is.

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Pete Seeger On Obama

I saw the wonderful PBS debut of “American Masters: Peter Seeger: The Power of Song” last night. If you like American folk music, and true American patriots, I highly recommend this show. If it weren’t for Pete Seeger, Alan Lomax, Woodie Guthrie, and the others that worked with them, we would have lost much American [...]

The Saints are Back!

The concert, although much too short, was a rousing start to a well played football game. If you missed the concert, or want to hear it again, you can watch the 10 minute performance at the Rhapsody site here. You can also download an audio version of The Saints Are Coming from the Rhapsody site [...]