Keira McArthur

Three stories down, snow tires hiss past on the wet road.  Inside, forced air whistles throaty through the heating vent, then stops cold for smaller sounds, …the rhythmic click of keyboard keys – space bar like a tambourine in obscure african rhythm, voices in the hall (take note of who’s at work today). 11am, I haven’t […]

I highly recommend watching this TED interview with Sistema Founder Jose Abreu,   and then watch this video of Sistema Youth Orchestra performing in Caracas under sistema graduate Gustavo Dudamel (now conductor of the LA Philharmonic, and two other leading orchestras on two other continents) I happy-cry every time I see this. The following text […]