I’ve seen a lot of greatness in my travels. In India, they broadcast entire concerts devoted to regional classical arts on morning television. In Japan, they rehearse passionately for hours upon hours. When they perform, it is truly from the heart. In Italy, Germany and France, music is revered, and their musicians are subsidized by the ( Read more... )

Heading north on the 210, Susannah drives along, winding through the hills near Sunland, a Los Angeles suburb. There are no lights to line the road, and all she can see beyond the asphalt is an outline of the San Gabriel Mountains to the right, and the Verdugo Mountains to her left.

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