Demystifying Conducting: The Connection Between Gesture and Music

Demystifying Conducting: The Connection Between Gesture and Music

Published: April 6, 2012
Alan Gilbert, music director of the New York Philharmonic, demonstrates and discusses the role of a conductor.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/06/arts/music/the-connection-between-gesture-and-music.html

In meditative mindfulness, Rep. Tim Ryan sees a cure for many American ills

Rep. Tim Ryan (D) is a five-term incumbent from the heartland. … So when he starts talking about his life-changing moment after the 2008 race, you’re not expecting him to lean forward at the lunch table and tell you, with great sincerity, that this little story of American politics is about (a) a raisin and (b) nothing else.

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