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No Such Thing as Silence
by Tereza Walsbergerová, 27, graduate student of English
Hearing an Orchestra for the First Time
by Charles Frazier, award-winning author of Cold Mountain, Varina, and other novels
How MTV Helped End Apartheid
by Patrick Touart, born 1973, public school teacher, Pittsylvania County Virginia
The Musical Awakening of Steven Van Zandt
by Steven Van Zandt, musician (E Street Band), actor (The Sopranos), and founder of Rock & Roll Forever Foundation
Mystic Musicality
by Bill Carbone, Vice President of Education, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation
Butthole Surfers Blew My Mind
by Bob Schneider, musician, songwriter, and artist based in Austin, Texas
Don’t Understand Me Too Quickly
by Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Where Dreams Were Made and Humanistic Visions Forged
by Stephen G. Hall, Alcorn State University
Hamilton and the Performance of Poetry
by Thomas Scherer, Consultant, Spencer Capital Holdings
To Pimp a Butterfly
by Alex Azzi, Student at TAMU
Learning How to Read a Poem
by Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California
We All Float On
by Katie Clark, 21, Student
Darkest Before the Dawn
by Natalie Huebel, 22 years old and a student at Texas A&M University.
Such a Short Time to Stay Here
by Jennifer Snoddy, 42, high school history teacher, TAC member
My Front Porch Looking In
by Zachary Fine, 19, Student
Remembering the Music
by Cherry Whipple, 52, Teacher
My Favorite Things
by George Bailey, 74. Retired helicopter pilot (45 years). Failed musician, proficient amateur illustrator, avid sailor.
Dvořák’s cello concerto
by Yolande Frommer, 78, retired Travel Agent
Finding “the Truth” in Music
by Ben Wides, age 46, social studies teacher, East Side Community High School, New York City
Harmonia est discordia concors: A Paean to Choral Singing
by Blake Wilson, Dickinson College
“You Have to Be There”
by Averill Corkin, Graduate Student, Harvard University
Love of Literature and the Will To Live
by Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center