Kaleidoscope: Meet a different, colorful orchestra

This orchestra wants no conductor: How Kaleidoscope aims to move in different directionsBy Rick SchultzLos Angeles Times, February 13, 2019Does an orchestra need a conductor? For clarinetist Benjamin Mitchell, founder of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, the answer is a resounding no.Sometimes a conductor...

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On This Day In History: The Death of Grand Duchess Leonida of Russia

On 23 May 2010, Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna died at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. The grand duchess was ninety-five years-old. She was the last surviving member of the Imperial House of Romanov to have been born in the Russian Empire before its fall in 1917.The website of the Russian Imperial House...

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Ki Heun Song

Ki Heun SongGym Selfies Winter 2018...

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King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain Celebrate Their Fifteenth Anniversary

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Alice Sara Ott – All the posts

The 2018-2019 season marks a significant year for German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott (b. 1988, Munich, Germany), one of the world's most in-demand classical pianists. She releases her latest album, Nightfall, featuring works by Satie, Debussy and Ravel, including Gaspard de la Nuit, one of the greatest...

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Bir Yedek Subayın Ağzından 1914 Yılında Turancılık

Eğitime gidip gelirken Beyoğlu'nda, eğitimden döndükten sonra, boş zamanlarımızda özellikle akşamları vatan, millet şarkıları, marşları söyleyerek adeta kendimizden geçiyorduk. Meşrutiyetin ilanıyla beraber okullarda temeli atılan Türk Ocağı Cemiyeti ve Türk Yurdu gibi gazete ve dergilerin tesiri altında...

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Diyet Enerji Topu Tarifi

Gün içerisinde kendinizi halsiz ve bitkin hissettiğiniz zamanlar olabilir. Bunun sebebi çoğunlukla stres, uykusuzluk ve yetersiz beslenmeden kaynaklanıyor. Bu gibi durumlarda ihtiyacınız olan enerjiyi küçük enerji toplarından karşılayabilirsiniz. Küçük olmalarına karşılık marifetleri oldukça büyük....

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A Birthday Toast to Sir Arthur

On this 160th birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I share the toast I delivered at this year’s Gaslight Gala during Baker Street Irregulars & Friends Weekend in New York. The theme of the gala, held Jan. 11, was “Sherlock Holmes: A Spirited Celebration.” The toast is in that, uh, spirit:In a wonderful...

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Royal Mail from the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Albania via Sweden

Many thanks to my dear friend Roger Lundgren, Founder of Kungliga Magasinet, for sending me this signed photograph of Crown Prince Leka II of the Albanians and Crown Princess Elia (née Zaharia) on their wedding day. Roger was recently in Tirana to celebrate a personal occasion with the couple and...

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Billion Gallon Border: Part II - The Old Mill Stream

In the last post, guest writer Robert Wilhelm began telling us the story of Hoopes Reservoir by first relating the tale of the Red Clay Creek reservoir that never was. In this post, he tells us of the background and construction of the reservoir that was created, and a bit of what once stood where...

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