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Philharmonic conductor search update
Rich Copley
This week, we'll see Alfred Savia of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in Indiana, the fifth and final candidate this season for music director of the Lexington Philharmonic. The two-year search will end next spring after another season with up to six auditions.
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The real top Gunn
By Jamie Gumbrecht
It’s all about …
Tim Gunn’s multimedia domination: The best thing to come out of Bravo’s Project Runway isn’t the show or even its official star. No, it’s Tim Gunn, fashion guru and wise man to Heidi Klum’s pretty host.
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Billy Joel's public profile has always been that of a New Yorker, singing New York State of Mind from under a Yankees cap. But he grew up on Long Island, not Manhattan, in a bedroom community not unlike suburbs across the country. And that is where so many of his songs are drawn from.
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By Rich Copley
Schuyler Robinson is at the pinnacle of a career that began with a little clandestine organ playing. Growing up in Lake Forest, Ill., Robinson started studying piano at age 5, playing by ear the first three years. As a teenager, he became interested in "the sheer power and mechanics of the organ.
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