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Virtuoso Voices
"Keeping Score" on PBS redefines "music appreciation" as we know it
Michael Tilson Thomas
Finding the "Rosebud" moments in Berlioz, Ives and Shostakovich by David Srebnik Music Appreciation and Music Education are difficult acts to pull off -- either singularly or together. But the PBS Series, "Keeping Score" does both. "Keeping Score," now in its second season, is under the thoughtful vision and voice of Michael Tilson Thomas (aka MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

In three shows this season, "Keeping Score" focuses on three pivotal works by composers who built on familiar musical traditions and created new compositional models and new means for personal expression.

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Michael Tilson Thomas is the host and visionary behind the PBS Series, "Keeping Score," the San Francisco Symphony's national, multi-year TV, radio, educational and community program. It has been acclaimed nationally for its success at making classical music more accessible to people of all ages and musical backgrounds.

Season 2 starts this month and tells the music changing stories behind Berlioz-Symphonie fantastique, Shostakovich-Symphony No. 5 and Ives-Holidays Symphony. (Check your local listings.)

You will find an abundance of information on the program and its wide interactive and educational outreach here.
To hear more of your favorite performers talking about the music you love, and to get an insider's view of their lives, visit www.virtuosovoices.org/meetvirtuoso/index.htm.

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