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December 3, 2008
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Classical Music with Valerie Kahler



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Classical Music with Alison Young





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With Valerie Kahler

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Franz Krommer: Octet-Partita (Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Ensemble)


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William Schuman: New England Triptych (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)


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Traditional arr. Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond (Chanticleer)



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Music and the brain
The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Clinic put on an international symposium in Salzburg, Austria.
Friday, August 15, 2008

We've been hearing for years that if our children grew up listening to Mozart they'd be smarter and do better in school. There's some truth to that according to researchers at Cleveland Clinic. But it's not the most important thing they're finding out about how our brains are affected by music. And the brain scientists are getting help in their research from the Cleveland Orchestra.

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