For the sixteen years he was music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle transformed that orchestra into one of Britain’s and Europe’s best. One critic said that Rattle “consistently displayed the genius to turn familiar music[more...]

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From Sharon H. Nelson:  The importance of arts education and more specifically music education for our children has been a topic of discussion since the time of Guido d’Arezzo (c. 995-1050).  Guido is credited with teaching children in his choir the[more...]

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