Obituary: Buddy DeFranco, Jazz clarinetist

Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo (Buddy) DeFranco, clarinettist: born Camden, New Jersey 17 February 1923; died Panama City, Florida 24 December 2014



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Children with mental health issues 'should learn the violin'

Professor of psychiatry James Hudziak of the University of Vermont College of Medicine said the findings bolstered his hypothesis that a violin might help a child battle psychological disorders even better than a bottle of pills.



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CEO and President of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Hyun-jung quits

Park’s career fell apart when 17 of the Seoul Philharmonic’s employees testified in a petition that she constantly abused them, with one male employee claiming that she had too much to drink at a public dinner gathering and grabbed him by the necktie, attempting to touch his genitals.



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Vater und Tochter spielen bei Neujahrskonzert

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Painted cellos in 'cello-bration' of orchestra

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2014's Best and Worst in Chicago Classical Music

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My Instrument: The story behind a platinum flute

"For a woodwind instrument, something made in 1938 is very old to be playing today."



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