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Classical Music Origin Stories

HPR Origin Stories

BethFlint_Edit.mp3
[:54] Beth Flint - Falling in love with Classical Muisc through music instruction
CharlesBurkland_TonesandTimbre_V2.mp3
[:58] Charles Burkland - Rich timbre and tones
CassandraDeKramer_Opera.mp3
[:46] Cassandra DeKramer - Opera

DanWhite_JewishGrandmother.mp3
[1:04] Dan White - Introduced through a jewish Grandmother

ErnestineEnemoto_Honolulusymphonyasachild.mp3
[1:04] Ernestine Enemoto - Hearing Honolulu Symphony as a student & radio broadcasts in school

jimdatur_-_serious_music.mp3
[:60] Jim Datur - Mom bought conductor scores for him as a kid

JohnDevlin_MyLife.mp3
[:26] John Devlin - Hearing Kurt Masur at Tanglewood
Judith_FriendsSister.mp3
[:47] Judith Fernandez - Hearing Un Bel Di from Butterfly with her friends sister

JuliaFilson_BartokChildhood.mp3
[1:01] Julia Filson - Hearing Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky and Bartok as a kid

KarinHazelhoff_EnricoCarusoRecords.mp3
[:38] Karrin Hazelhoff - Listening to WQXR and Enrico Caruso records as a kid

MarciaKimura_remembering.mp3
[1:00] Marcia Kimura - Imagining a lush soundscape for her deceased uncle
MarthaSeroogy_Listeninginthewomb.mp3
[:48] Marth Seroogy - Listening from the womb, Parents were musicians and music teachers
merrilee_-_overwhelminglybeautiful.mp3
[:37] Merrilee - Couldn't believe the sound that a symphony could make
MikeNassir_AmatuerMusician.mp3
[1:09] Mike Nassir - Required to learn classical music as a kid and fell in love with it.
naomi_-_cartoons.mp3
[:51] Naomi - Fell in love with Classical Music through cartoons
PeteMiller_DraggedtotheSYmphony.mp3
[:26] Pete Miller - Mom took him to the symphony as a kid, later he learned to play the piano
randy_wong_-_i_wanna_do_that.mp3
[:29] Randy Wong - Hearing Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet... "I wanna be doing that"
ron_kailua-kona_-_claire_de_lune.mp3
[:45] Ron - Shared a favorite song with his Aunt, Debussey's Claire De Lune

Sam_ChildofInternet9thsymphony.mp3
[:28] Sam - fell in love with Beethoven's 9th on his computer as a kid
StuartArtherRice_FromtheWombSupport.mp3
[:48] Stuart Arthur Rice Jr. - Fell in love with classical music from the womb. Support HPR!

tom_jezierny_-_three_record_albums.mp3
[:55] Tom Jezierny(sp?) - Finding records with his Father

 

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