“Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein” by Jamie Bernstein

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This is a memoir by the oldest daughter of Leonard Bernstein, a legendary conductor/composer/music lecturer/pianist. It is his centennial this year. Just about every major orchestra and concert series throughout the world is celebrating his legacy with programs featuring his works. Appropriately, the memoir also came out this summer, along with many books and articles […]

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“Diatonicism and Chromaticism”: My Most Popular YouTube Video

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We don’t know of a civilization that had no musical culture. Some scholars assert that music predated languages. Music is innately human. And these big concepts are mostly what I talk about in my YouTube series, Poco Piano. I talk about fundamental concepts about music and demonstrate a bit at the piano. However, to explain

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A Panel Discussion at ArtsAhimsa “Healing the World through Music and Art”

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Last week, I was here: Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, MA. It is exactly the type of castle where I imagined my favorite princesses to live in, when I was a child. It is also the home to ArtsAhimsa Chamber Music Festival. (http://www.artsahimsa.org/events/fest/index.htm) It was my third year returning there as a faculty member. Each year, I

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