Ludwig van Beethoven had a visitor. A young man stepped into the legendary composer’s attic apartment in Vienna. He was introduced as Gioachino Rossini. “Ah, Rossini,” Beethoven said. “You, the ...

Just a group of talented high school students a century ago, the Civic Symphony survived and grew to become a powerful ...

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