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Wired December 22, 2008 David Downs	Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music's Ivory Tower Renowned cellist and 15-time Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma is hosting an online competition, inviting listeners to add their own accompaniment to his performance of the traditional hymn "Dona Nobis Pacem," from his latest album.
TIME Asia October 23, 2008 Tim Kindseth	Making Overtures A DVD of the NYP's Pyongyang concert shows music's ability to affect people, not politics
Reason July 2008 Tim Cavanaugh	Classical Gasbags Mavens moan about the decline of classical music, but in reality the genre has more listeners than ever.
AFP eWire June 16, 2008	Music to Their Ears--How a Symphony's Campaign Reached Crescendo The Nashville Symphony's fundraising campaign "A Time for Greatness" attracted 3,860 gifts, including 34 individual and corporate gifts of $1 million or more.
HHMI Bulletin May 2008 Sarah C.P. Williams	A Baroque Biochemist Biochemist Alexander Konstantinov leads the Moscow Lomonosov State University chamber orchestra in his spare time.
TIME Asia February 28, 2008 Bill Powell	The Ballad Of Kim Jong Il The New York Philharmonic Orchestra played a historic concert in North Korea. A look at some of the highlights of the momentous trip to Kim Jong Il's hermit kingdom.
culturevulture.net Nancy Wozny	Mozart There's poetry in Houston Grand Opera's recent pairing of two Mozart operas: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Mozart's first hit, and The Magic Flute, his last.
TIME Europe October 11, 2007 Eben Harrell	In Slava's Shadow The absence of the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich at the Kronberg cello festival in Germany left its participants pondering his legacy and celebrating the unexpectedly prominent role he and his instrument had played in the history of the 20th century.
HBS Working Knowledge September 10, 2007 Martha Lagace	High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet Businesses emphasize technical mastery and the creation of predictable patterns. The Medici String Quartet aimed for more.
TIME Europe August 23, 2007 Eben Harrell	Gustavo Dudamel: The Natural Gustavo Dudamel, the conductor at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, holds an unusual power over his orchestra; they feel for him an uncomplicated love, like a child's for a parent. Will he be able to translate this magic to a major orchestra when he moves to L.A.?
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