{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Mozart in the Woods; Gretna Music's 50 Years","home_page_url":"https://carlellenberger.com","description":"Mozart in the Woods; Gretna Music's 50 Years","author":{"name":"Mozart in the Woods; Gretna Music's 50 Years"},"items":[{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/is-gretna-music-authentic","html_content":"

“Authentic” is a common word, but its definition can be slippery.

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/is-gretna-music-authentic","title":"Is Gretna Music Authentic?","summary":"“Authentic” is a common word, but its definition can be slippery.","date_modified":"2026-07-07T22:24:10Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-rubato-queen-of-shaker-heights","html_content":"

This is a rewrite of an article I wrote for NEUROLOGY in 2002 and also reprinted in my first book, Theme and Variations; Musical Notes by a Neurologist. I thought it might interest a new generation of readers, if there i...

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I have dismissed the idea that animals can appreciate music because, like language (especially poetry), only the human brain with its highly developed neocortex (the 2.5 sq ft wrinkly outer layer), has that capability. M...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/do-animals-like-music","title":"Do Animals Like Music?","summary":"I have dismissed the idea that animals can appreciate music because, like language (especially poetry), only the human brain with its highly developed neocortex (the 2.5 sq ft wrinkly outer layer), has that capability. M...","date_modified":"2026-05-02T15:13:40Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/writing-for-health","html_content":"

I just came upon the diaries of Felix Platter, born in Basel 27 years before William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. Felix, after departing at age 15 in 1552 for medical school, wrote about his travels and y...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/writing-for-health","title":"Write for your Health","summary":"I just came upon the diaries of Felix Platter, born in Basel 27 years before William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. Felix, after departing at age 15 in 1552 for medical school, wrote about his travels and y...","date_modified":"2026-03-20T15:27:01Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/freedom-of-speech-ending-for-medicine-and-music","html_content":"

I was stunned when I read this in the Journal of the American Medical Association:

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If you are looking about for really profound mysteries, essential aspects of our existence for which neither the sciences nor the humanities can provide any sort of explanation, I suggest you start with music. The profes...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/introduction-to-theme-and-variations-%3E2000-copies-sold","title":"Introduction to Theme and Variations (>2000 copies sold)","summary":"If you are looking about for really profound mysteries, essential aspects of our existence for which neither the sciences nor the humanities can provide any sort of explanation, I suggest you start with music. The profes...","date_modified":"2025-09-25T19:28:19Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/overture-introduction-to-mozart-in-the-woods","html_content":"

As my education as an academic physician neared its end in 1973, the big question was: Where to start my career? After spending sixteen years in seven places on each coast, the South and the Midwest, I had a broad perspe...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/overture-introduction-to-mozart-in-the-woods","title":"Overture, Introduction to Mozart in the Woods","summary":"As my education as an academic physician neared its end in 1973, the big question was: Where to start my career? After spending sixteen years in seven places on each coast, the South and the Midwest, I had a broad perspe...","date_modified":"2025-09-22T20:24:13Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/why-liberal-education","html_content":"

“A liberal education was originally meant to develop the capacity to think and act well as a free person.” The country could use more young people with these capacities now.” They would be a bulwark against the whirl of ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/why-liberal-education","title":"Why Liberal Education?","summary":"“A liberal education was originally meant to develop the capacity to think and act well as a free person.” The country could use more young people with these capacities now.” They would be a bulwark against the whirl of ...","date_modified":"2025-07-14T15:22:39Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/love-this-metaphor","html_content":"

“A great deal if not all the time,” writes the psychologist and law professor Dan Kahan, “misinformation is not something that happens to the mass public but rather something that its members are complicit in producing.”...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/love-this-metaphor","title":"Love this Metaphor!","summary":"“A great deal if not all the time,” writes the psychologist and law professor Dan Kahan, “misinformation is not something that happens to the mass public but rather something that its members are complicit in producing.”...","date_modified":"2022-10-26T15:19:13Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-with-medicine-career-advice-to-young-musicians","html_content":"

After his performance on our “First Listen” series a few weeks ago, I asked a talented high-school pianist about his future. He replied that he hadn’t decided whether to try to become a concert pianist or go to medical s...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-with-medicine-career-advice-to-young-musicians","title":"Music with Medicine; career advice to young musicians","summary":"After his performance on our “First Listen” series a few weeks ago, I asked a talented high-school pianist about his future. He replied that he hadn’t decided whether to try to become a concert pianist or go to medical s...","date_modified":"2022-09-20T15:49:25Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-healing-power-of-music-new-data","html_content":"

I have always scoffed at “music-as-therapy” claims that hearing music can heal any particular ailment. Obviously, any external sound, including music, can take your mind off a toothache for a few seconds or minutes. But ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-healing-power-of-music-new-data","title":"The Healing Power of Music: new data","summary":"I have always scoffed at “music-as-therapy” claims that hearing music can heal any particular ailment. Obviously, any external sound, including music, can take your mind off a toothache for a few seconds or minutes. But ...","date_modified":"2022-08-24T13:59:49Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/why-gretna-music","html_content":"

As our 47th Summer approaches an end, I remembered my attempt to explain why Gretna Music exists. I wrote this in March 2019.

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Just as the Bible or a poem by Lucretius, a printed musical score composed years—or centuries—ago can speak to living humans across time. That’s where performers enter the process. The art arises from the encounter betwe...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/every-good-boy-does-fine","title":"Every Good Boy Does Fine","summary":"Just as the Bible or a poem by Lucretius, a printed musical score composed years—or centuries—ago can speak to living humans across time. That’s where performers enter the process. The art arises from the encounter betwe...","date_modified":"2022-04-10T19:18:19Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/de-rerum-natura","html_content":"

I enjoyed (again) Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve; How the world became modern. (2011)

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/de-rerum-natura","title":"De Rerum Natura","summary":"I enjoyed (again) Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve; How the world became modern. (2011)","date_modified":"2022-03-27T14:51:59Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/writing-about-music","html_content":"

Preparing my book, Theme and Variations; Musical Notes by a Neurologist, I encountered the usual quandary in writing about music: expressing sounds by words. How, for example, can words communicate what a theorbo sounds ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/writing-about-music","title":"Writing About Music","summary":"Preparing my book, Theme and Variations; Musical Notes by a Neurologist, I encountered the usual quandary in writing about music: expressing sounds by words. How, for example, can words communicate what a theorbo sounds ...","date_modified":"2022-02-13T21:12:55Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/mentors-embezzlers-musicians-dystonia","html_content":"

Every musician can thank at least one mentor who taught them to play well. Mine was John Stavash. He played the flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, violin, and probably others around Cleveland as a freelancer in o...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/mentors-embezzlers-musicians-dystonia","title":"Mentors, Embezzlers, Musician's Dystonia","summary":"Every musician can thank at least one mentor who taught them to play well. Mine was John Stavash. He played the flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, violin, and probably others around Cleveland as a freelancer in o...","date_modified":"2022-01-16T19:10:13Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/algorithmic-not-neurological-my-yearly-wellness-visit","html_content":"

Sitting on the exam table, I scanned the usual array of medical equipment on the wall, cabinets, a sink, two chairs, a shaded window. All were tidy and clean, as was the entire new facility. The elephant in the room was ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/algorithmic-not-neurological-my-yearly-wellness-visit","title":"Algorithmic, not Neurological; my Yearly Wellness Visit ","summary":"Sitting on the exam table, I scanned the usual array of medical equipment on the wall, cabinets, a sink, two chairs, a shaded window. All were tidy and clean, as was the entire new facility. The elephant in the room was ...","date_modified":"2021-12-07T17:13:24Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/football-and-the-brain-new-findings","html_content":"

In the 9th grade, I \"went out\" for the football team.

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/football-and-the-brain-new-findings","title":"Football and the Brain; new findings","summary":"In the 9th grade, I \"went out\" for the football team. ","date_modified":"2021-09-23T20:59:32Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/my-theory-of-everything","html_content":"

1. The Right:

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/my-theory-of-everything","title":"My Theory of Everything","summary":"1. The Right:","date_modified":"2021-05-26T19:40:02Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/todays-new-word-and-world","html_content":"

One day recently during our 2020 re-enactment of The Inferno, wandering in one of the deeper circles, I came upon a new word: “Inflammaging.” An official spelling awaits more use, but a hyphen avoids a flag from Spellche...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/todays-new-word-and-world","title":"Today's New Word (and World) ","summary":"One day recently during our 2020 re-enactment of The Inferno, wandering in one of the deeper circles, I came upon a new word: “Inflammaging.” An official spelling awaits more use, but a hyphen avoids a flag from Spellche...","date_modified":"2020-09-10T17:58:32Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-universal-language-of-mankind","html_content":"

Is music part of the \"human nature\" of Homo sapiens?

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-universal-language-of-mankind","title":"The Universal Language of Mankind?","summary":"Is music part of the \"human nature\" of Homo sapiens? ","date_modified":"2020-03-30T18:11:27Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/pipe-organs-and-steam-locomotives","html_content":"

I seldom hear about a pipe organ in the U.S. without a usual identifier: \"largest organ in the [city, county. . . world].\" The organ in Historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City claims the latter distinction. The keyboard...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/pipe-organs-and-steam-locomotives","title":"Pipe Organs and Steam Locomotives","summary":"I seldom hear about a pipe organ in the U.S. without a usual identifier: \"largest organ in the [city, county. . . world].\" The organ in Historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City claims the latter distinction. The keyboard...","date_modified":"2020-03-06T17:58:54Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/mahler-for-2020","html_content":"

Just before the New Year, I purchased a DVD of Claudio Abbado conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. The Ninth was Mahler’s farewell to the world. An old recording of the Ninth preserves th...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/mahler-for-2020","title":"Mahler for 2020","summary":"Just before the New Year, I purchased a DVD of Claudio Abbado conducting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. The Ninth was Mahler’s farewell to the world. An old recording of the Ninth preserves th...","date_modified":"2020-01-20T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/you-too-may-have-copd","html_content":"

As a never-smoker, not to mention a long-living woodwind player and swimmer, I was puzzled when COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) recently entered my life (more specifically, my lungs). COPD is increasingly co...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/you-too-may-have-copd","title":"You Too May Have COPD","summary":"As a never-smoker, not to mention a long-living woodwind player and swimmer, I was puzzled when COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) recently entered my life (more specifically, my lungs). COPD is increasingly co...","date_modified":"2020-01-17T18:34:32Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/can-the-lefreque-sound-bridge-improve-your-sound","html_content":"

A friend recommended that I try the lefreQue Sound Bridge, handmade in the Netherlands, on my flute. The sellers promise that strapping this small device across the joint(s) of ANY wind instrument (like where the flute h...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/can-the-lefreque-sound-bridge-improve-your-sound","title":"Can the lefreQue Sound Bridge Improve Your Sound?","summary":"A friend recommended that I try the lefreQue Sound Bridge, handmade in the Netherlands, on my flute. The sellers promise that strapping this small device across the joint(s) of ANY wind instrument (like where the flute h...","date_modified":"2020-01-10T19:13:39Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/new-music-director-at-interlochen-who","html_content":"

The Music Division at Interlochen educates students at critical stages of their development. In those early years, cognitive, sensorimotor, and communication abilities can be most easily and firmly instilled. With other ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/new-music-director-at-interlochen-who","title":"New Music Director at Interlochen: Who will s/he be?","summary":"The Music Division at Interlochen educates students at critical stages of their development. In those early years, cognitive, sensorimotor, and communication abilities can be most easily and firmly instilled. With other ...","date_modified":"2019-12-12T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/benefits%E2%80%8B-of-exercise-and-singing","html_content":"

I had forgotten the first study that showed the health benefits of exercise. Bill Bryson in his great book, The Body, reminded me.

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/benefits%E2%80%8B-of-exercise-and-singing","title":"Benefits​ of Exercise (and Singing)","summary":"I had forgotten the first study that showed the health benefits of exercise. Bill Bryson in his great book, The Body, reminded me. ","date_modified":"2019-10-15T20:30:32Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-flute-and-the-stethoscope","html_content":"

The Flute and the Stethoscope

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-flute-and-the-stethoscope","title":"The Flute and the Stethoscope","summary":"The Flute and the Stethoscope","date_modified":"2019-10-04T14:05:17Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-piccolingo","html_content":"

I dislike playing the piccolo though I greatly respect those who play it well, like Sarah Jackson of the LA Phil and my teacher, the late Bill Hebert of the Cleveland Orchestra. And even though a successful piccolo audit...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/the-piccolingo","title":"The Piccolingo","summary":"I dislike playing the piccolo though I greatly respect those who play it well, like Sarah Jackson of the LA Phil and my teacher, the late Bill Hebert of the Cleveland Orchestra. And even though a successful piccolo audit...","date_modified":"2019-09-27T15:27:56Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/old-goats-playing-syrinx-thoughts-before-my-performance","html_content":"

There was a certain nymph, whose name was Syrinx who was much beloved by the satyrs and spirits of the wood . . .  — Bulfinch’s Mythology

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/old-goats-playing-syrinx-thoughts-before-my-performance","title":"Old goats playing Syrinx: Thoughts before my performance","summary":"There was a certain nymph, whose name was Syrinx who was much beloved by the satyrs and spirits of the wood . . .  — Bulfinch’s Mythology","date_modified":"2019-09-24T15:32:04Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/flutists-lips","html_content":"

The \"embouchure\" of wind players means, according to Merriam-Webster, \"the position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument.\" I would add: \"the shape and size of the oral cavity and pharynx an...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/flutists-lips","title":"Flutists' Lips","summary":"The \"embouchure\" of wind players means, according to Merriam-Webster, \"the position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument.\" I would add: \"the shape and size of the oral cavity and pharynx an...","date_modified":"2019-09-22T13:36:16Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/baroque-thoughts","html_content":"

Reprise of Program Notes from a 2016 performance by Settecento

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/baroque-thoughts","title":"Baroque Thoughts","summary":"Reprise of Program Notes from a 2016 performance by Settecento","date_modified":"2019-09-14T16:51:29Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/september-7-at-gretna-music","html_content":"

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/september-7-at-gretna-music","title":"September 7 at Gretna Music","summary":"Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)","date_modified":"2019-09-10T13:32:06Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/i-am-a-liberal","html_content":"

I am a \"Liberal.\" I believe that most of my friends are too. In \"A Thousand Small Sanities\" Adam Gopnik writes that a liberal, in contrast to a \"leftist,\" shares:

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/i-am-a-liberal","title":"I Am a Liberal","summary":"I am a \"Liberal.\" I believe that most of my friends are too. In \"A Thousand Small Sanities\" Adam Gopnik writes that a liberal, in contrast to a \"leftist,\" shares:","date_modified":"2019-08-08T12:39:38Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-may-enhance-brain-development-in-preterm-infants","html_content":"

In Theme and Variations, I discuss how the capacities and qualities of each individual brain depend upon the interconnections among its parts as much as upon the size of each part.

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-may-enhance-brain-development-in-preterm-infants","title":"Music may enhance brain development in preterm infants. ","summary":"In Theme and Variations, I discuss how the capacities and qualities of each individual brain depend upon the interconnections among its parts as much as upon the size of each part.","date_modified":"2019-06-10T15:28:38Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/womens-brains-are-younger-than%E2%80%8B-mens","html_content":"

A study at Washington University School of Medicine (where I spent three years) finds that women's brains appear to be about three years younger than men's of the same chronological age, metabolically speaking. The findi...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/womens-brains-are-younger-than%E2%80%8B-mens","title":"Women's brains are younger than​ men's!","summary":"A study at Washington University School of Medicine (where I spent three years) finds that women's brains appear to be about three years younger than men's of the same chronological age, metabolically speaking. The findi...","date_modified":"2019-06-02T15:44:47Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/how-is-your-tau","html_content":"

During 9th-grade football practice, we formed two lines facing one another for practicing the \"hit.\" When I reached the front of my line, I looked forward to the front of the opposing line and saw a giant named Bob Fishe...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/how-is-your-tau","title":"How is your Tau?","summary":"During 9th-grade football practice, we formed two lines facing one another for practicing the \"hit.\" When I reached the front of my line, I looked forward to the front of the opposing line and saw a giant named Bob Fishe...","date_modified":"2019-05-02T22:31:39Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-vs-alzheimer","html_content":"

Science moves in tiny steps (not always forward), as illustrated by a recent article, Increased functional connectivity after listening to favored music in adults with Alzheimer Dementia, in The Journal of Prevention of ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/music-vs-alzheimer","title":"Music vs. Alzheimer","summary":"Science moves in tiny steps (not always forward), as illustrated by a recent article, Increased functional connectivity after listening to favored music in adults with Alzheimer Dementia, in The Journal of Prevention of ...","date_modified":"2019-04-30T18:32:25Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/musicians-with-dystonia-practice-makes-imperfect","html_content":"

\n“When I have to play for anyone, I’m overcome by an anxious inhibition of my fantasies that drives me to despair . . . the third finger seems really incorrigible.”

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/musicians-with-dystonia-practice-makes-imperfect","title":"Musicians with Dystonia: practice makes imperfect","summary":"\n“When I have to play for anyone, I’m overcome by an anxious inhibition of my fantasies that drives me to despair . . . the third finger seems really incorrigible.”","date_modified":"2019-04-14T17:22:15Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/autism-about-cures","html_content":"

Parents of children with autism may seek medical treatment for this condition that can drastically change family life. They can be 'sitting ducks' for marginally ethical practitioners of all kinds who claim to have speci...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/autism-about-cures","title":"Autism; about \"cures\"","summary":"Parents of children with autism may seek medical treatment for this condition that can drastically change family life. They can be 'sitting ducks' for marginally ethical practitioners of all kinds who claim to have speci...","date_modified":"2019-04-11T17:21:19Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/now-this-is-a-birthday-gift","html_content":"

Only Carl Kane could come up with this. (Click < to go from one clip to the next.)

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/now-this-is-a-birthday-gift","title":"Now this is a Birthday Gift!","summary":"Only Carl Kane could come up with this. (Click < to go from one clip to the next.)","date_modified":"2019-03-31T16:08:24Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/sexual-assault-in-classical-music-framing-the-problem%E2%80%8B","html_content":"

About 20 years ago during a morning rehearsal, the solo violinist stopped playing during the Dvorak Romance, Op.11. \"Anyone with half the brain of a mouse would know better [than to make that mistake],\" he declared. The ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/sexual-assault-in-classical-music-framing-the-problem%E2%80%8B","title":"Sexual Assault in Classical Music: Framing the Problem​","summary":"About 20 years ago during a morning rehearsal, the solo violinist stopped playing during the Dvorak Romance, Op.11. \"Anyone with half the brain of a mouse would know better [than to make that mistake],\" he declared. The ...","date_modified":"2019-03-01T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/why-do-americans-listen-to-the-music-we-hear-today","html_content":"

In his wonderful book, Making Music American, Douglas Bomberger gets us closer to the answer. He chronicles eight musicians—five classical ones including Fritz Kreisler, and three jazz players—during each of the 12 month...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/why-do-americans-listen-to-the-music-we-hear-today","title":"Why do Americans Listen to the Music We Hear Today?","summary":"In his wonderful book, Making Music American, Douglas Bomberger gets us closer to the answer. He chronicles eight musicians—five classical ones including Fritz Kreisler, and three jazz players—during each of the 12 month...","date_modified":"2019-01-23T23:31:02Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/your-regular-daily-meds-might-save-you-in-the-next-flu-epidemic","html_content":"

Every now and then, I come upon an article that upends my week and changes the course of my daily thoughts. That happened again yesterday when our Yale medical-school class scribe circulated an article by a class member ...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/your-regular-daily-meds-might-save-you-in-the-next-flu-epidemic","title":"Your Regular Daily Meds Might Save You in the Next Flu Epidemic","summary":"Every now and then, I come upon an article that upends my week and changes the course of my daily thoughts. That happened again yesterday when our Yale medical-school class scribe circulated an article by a class member ...","date_modified":"2019-01-19T22:07:18Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/centennial-at-severance","html_content":"

I wish I could have sat in Severance Hall for the Cleveland Orchestra's Centennial Concert, rather than watch it on PBS last Friday. I was present often during the last three quarter centuries of the orchestra's life, si...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/centennial-at-severance","title":"Centennial at Severance Hall","summary":"I wish I could have sat in Severance Hall for the Cleveland Orchestra's Centennial Concert, rather than watch it on PBS last Friday. I was present often during the last three quarter centuries of the orchestra's life, si...","date_modified":"2019-01-14T18:25:29Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/a-coincidence","html_content":"

At about the same time my Theme and Variations began its public life, this article by Meilan Solly appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine: British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons. A trip to th...

","url":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/a-coincidence","title":"A Coincidence","summary":"At about the same time my Theme and Variations began its public life, this article by Meilan Solly appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine: British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons. A trip to th...","date_modified":"2018-12-24T18:22:11Z"},{"id":"https://carlellenberger.com/f/critical-periods","html_content":"

A great article about cochlear implants (to treat deafness) makes an important point: \". . . recent neurolinguistics research [emphasizes] the “critical period” of language development in the brain, from birth to 5 years...

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Thomas Jefferson said, \"Music is the favorite passion of my soul and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.\" A singer and violinist, his musical taste ranged widely, judging ...

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Thank you so much for sending your book! I immediately opened to the AQ chapter and devoured every word.  I must confess that was selfish of me and will go back to the beginning this weekend start from the beginning. Sin...

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By playing in the school band kids can learn teamwork, confidence, how practice improves skills, how to compete, and, when their brains are most receptive to learning and developing, build brain capacity for later use in...

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