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...besides working on a memoir, Bernstein is now finishing a string quartet and "toying" with a concerto for an Ondes Martenot, an electrically driven French keyboard instrument, and another for piano and orchestra that harks back to his early days as a concert pianist...
Potter works long hours but puts her family first. When her son, 16, was 3, she learned that he had a developmental disability. But after receiving extra help from experts and Mom, he excels in academics and music. She makes almost every volleyball game and piano recital for her son and daughter. Colleagues say the only time they saw her lose her concentration was when she paused during a meeting and declared, "I've got to have a Little Mermaid costume ready by 5 p.m." --By Chris Taylor/San Francisco
Life in this Simerica has a dreamlike quality: the elements are familiar but scrambled. In a typical session you may walk into a stranger's home in the middle of the night, grab a shower in the bathroom (never mind that his wife is using the toilet), practice the piano for a while, then start making and selling pizzas out of your host's kitchen. In the trial beta version of the game, which currently has around 35,000 participants, Wright plays a Sim who is the proprietor of a lounge located in a submarine. It's called Das Love...
DIED. ROLAND HANNA, 70, delicate, ceaselessly versatile jazz pianist; of a viral infection of the heart; in Hackensack, N.J. The Detroit native, who was knighted by the Liberian government and went by the title "Sir," studied classical piano before joining Benny Goodman's band in 1958. He went on to work with such diverse musicians as Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan and Coleman Hawkins...
It’s June 16th, 1937, and director Orson Welles is phoning furiously, trying to find a theater to house his politically charged and abruptly banned epic musical, The Cradle Will Rock. His stage manager is circling around town with a piano in her rented truck, waiting until Welles chances upon a vacant theater where he will lead cast, crew and bewildered audience. The actors, forbidden by their unions to perform that evening, are prodded on by Welles, as they rise from their seats, recite their lines and bring an astounded audience to their feet...