Arthur and Bethany Autoharp "How Great Thou Art"

Bethany's first autoharp lesson. Honest, she never touched it before.

Black Boston Busker Bachs Roxbury

Violinist's after-school program brings hope to kids, community

David France uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury. NBC's Chelsea Clinton reports.

By Craig Stanley, NBC News

Some mornings, beneath the streets of Boston, David France plays his violin for the passers-by who fill the subway corridor. Some stop to listen, while others acknowledge him by dropping money into the empty violin case that lies at his feet.

France uses this money to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury.

Hear more about David and how his passion for classical music, combined with his vision for a community orchestra, is changing the lives of Roxbury's youth who may not have these opportunities otherwise

He sought to start the program after completing the New England Conservatory's Sistema Fellows Program, which sent him to Venezuela. There, he studied the El Sistema model, a community music education program that brings instruments and instruction to underprivileged kids, often with transformational results.....

continues:  http://dailynightly.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/25/18496261-violinists-after-school-program-brings-hope-to-kids-community?lite

Century HIgh School Full Symphonic Orchestra May 1, 2013

Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia 1/2  

 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia 2/2

Ballade

Rochester MN Special City Council Election Endorsement

a special election for council president will be held this spring to fill the spot; four candidates filed and after a March 19 primary, two city council members, Randy Staver and Michael Wojcik, advanced to May 7 election.

"Currently, the Rochester City Council is one of the most conservative in the state. A victory in this race will begin the shift towards a progressive majority"

Here is info on Wojcik, but it doesn't matter because Wojcik quit to endorse Staver, but they are holding election anyway to make it official.

http://www.progressivemajority.org/candidate/michael-wojcik

Michael Wojcik

Minnesota

Rochester City Council - Ward 2

Type of Seat: 

 Challenger

http://www.votewojcik.org/

Year: 

 2008

Status: 

 Elected

Michael Wojcik is a 31-year-old and was a first time candidate that was elected to Rochester City Council, Ward 2. Michael is an electrical engineer by training and currently works as an adjunct professor of finance at St. Mary's University. Michael also services as Chair of the Olmsted County Environmental Commission. Michael ran to bring responsible and ethical leadership to the Rochester City Council. Currently, the Rochester City Council is one of the most conservative in the state. A victory in this race will begin the shift towards a progressive majority. In this non-partisan race, Michael is one of five challengers to conservative incumbent Marcia Marcoux. Michael knocked on thousands of doors, and wasthe only candidate known to have been door-knocking. This investment in Rochester politics is an essential first step in one of the most important progressive targets in the state