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Every Sunday, Democrat and Chronicle music maven Jeff Spevak posts an entry to his blog called "I read the New York Times so you don't have to," highlighting some stories of interest.  This week, he discussed 2 obituaries.  One has haunted me.

Every day for 5 hours at WXXI, I play CDs.  On an average weekday, I play 22 pieces of recorded music.  A rough estimate suggests that 97% of the recordings I play are produced in a studio, with the remaining 3% are recorded live in concert.  We don't usually think about the process of creating these recordings, but after having just spent a weekend in the recording studio with my brass quintet, I can tell you that studio recording is one of the most humbling experiences a musician can ever have.

WGBH is looking for blind and low vision adults to participate in online survey about audio description.

IBM Research in Japan and WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media are soliciting adults who are blind or have low vision to participate in an online survey regarding the use of synthesized voice in audiodescription. The survey, which will be accessible via screen-reading software, should take no longer than 30 minutes....

Retired Classical 91.5 Sunshine Show host Simon Pontin narrates a brand new work by William Cahn in the upcoming concert of the Rochester Chamber Orchestra.

We just received word about the second program from the Pipedreams Live! recording here in Rochester in February 2009.  It will be broadcast on WXXI-FM 91.5 on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.  Here's the full rundown of what will be on the show.

The Lotte Lenya Competition is an internationally recognized theater singing competition sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in Manhattan.  The Eastman School of Music will again host one of the live regional auditions as well as the finals of the annual Lotte Lenya Competition, giving local audiences plenty of opportunities to catch the rising stars of musical theater. 

Chilean conductor Felipe Hidalgo is coming to Rochester to bring the Gospel of Fun to our young classical musicians. 

I'm not sure this is really what it claims to be, but it's interesting nonetheless.

WXXI is pleased to host a very special free screening of "The Eyes of Me", a feature film from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Independent Lens."

Two professors at Nazareth College are organizing a fundraiser next Wednesday, January 20th to raise money to help victims of the Haitian earthquake.   If you are a musician, actor, poet, or dancer of any age, you are invited to participate.  To get involved, email either Dr.