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		<title>The Tones of Our Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember the good old days when the worst thing interrupting a live performance would be somebody’s digital watch going “peep-peep” at the top of the hour? That seems almost quaint compared to today’s smart phone transgressions, most notably the one occurring at the New York Philharmonic’s recent performance of Mahler’s Ninth, when a patron’s iPhone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2012/01/31/the-tones-of-our-times/</link>
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		<title>Holiday &#8212; behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This holiday season I had the good fortune of peeking behind the scenes of the Metropolitan Opera as the guest of Pete Dorwart &#8212; scientist, master woodworker, amateur cellist, professional music editor/publisher, and good friend of the Met. Here’s the story: About ten years ago, the chief librarian at the Metropolitan Opera heard through his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/12/31/holiday-behind-the-scenes-at-the-metropolitan-opera/</link>
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		<title>A Life of Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the astonishing things about art is how you can discover it in the most unexpected places. This happened to me when I was 18-years-old, and my then-new-boyfriend Tom brought me to visit his home in Appalachia. There, one evening, I accompanied on the piano an excellent baritone who introduced me to the incredible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/11/16/a-life-of-song/</link>
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		<title>Charming Young Beethoven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I’ll be giving a recital that’s a departure from my usual kind of program: I’ll be playing the work of a single composer (Beethoven,) from only one opus (an early one, Nr. 10,) and I’ll be talking a great deal about the music. The talking portion has involved quite a bit of research, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/10/24/charming-young-beethoven/</link>
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		<title>Summer at the Mann</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, my summer weekends were often spent listening to the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center, their outdoor home. My friends and I would join a festive line of cars snaking down a wooded lane, directed by parking attendants with flares and brown vests, to the graveled parking lots. We’d arrive early and wait [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/08/31/summer-at-the-mann/</link>
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		<title>Wondrous Sounds and Pictures from a Concert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If a picture is worth a thousand words, let&#8217;s do away with words this time and instead let photos speak. These images were taken by Jonathan Yu, Haverford College class of 2012, whose artistic talents encompass both music and photography. Jon was at Marshall Auditorium on Haverford&#8217;s campus last February to capture my chamber music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/06/24/wondrous-sounds-and-pictures-from-a-concert/</link>
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		<title>Mona Lisa&#8217;s New Reason to Smile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When my daughters were little, we loved reading together. We read all sorts of books &#8212; about clueless Papa Bears, and skunks who learned to eat their dinners. Our favorite books were not just entertaining, but powerful works of art which Mom could appreciate, and didn&#8217;t mind reading over and over. The same is true [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/05/10/mona-lisas-new-reason-to-smile/</link>
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		<title>Let Me Down Easy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anna Deavere Smith’s remarkable one-woman show “Let Me Down Easy” could be re-named “Lift Me Up Intensely.” Over a year ago, I’d read an article in the New York Times magazine about the play, so I knew it was about America’s health care crisis. The health care crisis is an important social issue, but not, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/04/14/let-me-down-easy/</link>
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		<title>Tiger Fiddler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last September, I had the good fortune of playing for the first time with a violinist named Chen Xi. I had never heard of him before and didn’t even know how to pronounce his name (Xi sounds like”she” I learned.) When he came over for our first rehearsal, I met an intensely thoughtful, confident young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/03/08/tiger-fiddler/</link>
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		<title>Legendary Variations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legends surround J.S. Bach’s legendary Aria with Thirty Variations, BWV 988. One well-known tale has Bach composing it at the request of Count von Keyserlingk in Dresden, who suffered from chronic insomnia. The idea was for Johann Goldberg, the count’s young harpsichordist (and a student of Bach’s) to play it at night, to help lull [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2011/01/31/legendary-variations/</link>
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		<title>A Life Worth Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in med school, I put myself on a tight schedule so I wouldn’t have to give up playing the piano. I would attend my lectures on biochemistry and physiology until 5, eat a quick dinner with my roommates, run to a campus practice room, practice until 9, dash back to my apartment, and study [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/11/24/a-life-worth-living/</link>
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		<title>The Music of Baseball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a kid, my husband Tom played shortstop and slugged home runs in the Little League. He never grew tall enough to become a professional baseball player, but he retained a great love of the game, and during our early married life in Columbus, Ohio, he always had the radio tuned to the “Cincinnati Reds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/10/31/the-music-of-baseball/</link>
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		<title>The Instrument Makers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, my husband Tom and I traveled to the quiet hills outside Ithaca, New York, curious to see the guitar our friend Gerhard has been making. He&#8217;d been working all summer under the tutelage of luthier Dick Cogger, and we were invited to view Cogger&#8217;s remarkable home workshop, which sits in an ordinary-looking suburban [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/09/06/the-instrument-makers/</link>
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		<title>Gardening and Piano: A Perilous Duo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until last month, I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to lead a normal life and play the piano injury-free. I don&#8217;t take any special precautions with my hands: I will wash heavy pots and pans, cut up raw chicken with sharp knives, and pull weeds. I vacuum with a heavy European model, and lug home outlandishly gigantic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/07/31/gardening-and-piano-a-perilous-duo/</link>
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		<title>Diva Power-A Recital by Denyce Graves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the devil knocked on my door and said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll turn you into a great singer, Deb, but you have to give me your little finger – on both hands,&#8221; I&#8217;d say &#8220;yes!&#8221; Nothing moves me more than great singing, maybe because my father has a beautiful tenor voice. Growing up, I often accompanied him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/06/24/diva-power-a-recital-by-denyce-graves/</link>
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		<title>Conversations with Paul,  Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the words of the late Karl Haas: &#8220;Hello Everyone!&#8221; To celebrate the re-instatement of my website, I&#8217;d like to introduce you to one of my favorite people, pianist and composer Paul Romero. Enjoy, and let&#8217;s hope that the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico will also soon be fixed. * * * * [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/06/04/conversations-with-paul-part-one/</link>
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		<title>To Produce or to Play?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you rather be Chopin or Artur Rubinstein? Stravinsky or Maria Callas? Sofia Coppola or Scarlett Johansson? Would you rather create art or re-create (perform and interpret) it? My friend, the acclaimed short story writer and essayist Robin Black, believes that interpreting works of art is just as challenging and important as creating new work. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/04/27/to-produce-or-to-play/</link>
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		<title>For the Love of Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At age 18, when I first started dating my husband Tom, he wanted to major in classical guitar. This, along with his shoulder-length red curls and his subvervise-looking military jacket, sent my parents into fits of hysterical worry from which they still haven&#8217;t quite recovered. Within one semester, however, Tom decided that performing onstage in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/04/07/for-the-love-of-music/</link>
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		<title>The Price of a Star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in September, my husband called with the breaking news that Dr. V. B. was selling her Metropolitan Opera tickets and we had to let her know by tomorrow what we wanted. &#8220;I&#8217;ll get right on it,&#8221; I said, knowing the tickets would be snapped up if we dawdled. We were lucky enough to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/03/31/the-price-of-a-star/</link>
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		<title>Charm o&#8217; the Irish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, I like to wear green and toast the Irish. Who can resist a culture that has produced writers like James Joyce, Frank O&#8217;Connor, William Trevor and Edna O&#8217;Brien, as well as such musical icons as the Chieftains, and Danny Boy? Let me now add to that list the pianist John O&#8217;Conor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.debralewhardermusic.com/blog/2010/03/19/charm-o-the-irish/</link>
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