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		<title>Musings from a Modern Troubadour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are &#8211; 2012.  The Mayan calendar has created quite a bit of apprehension regarding this year, but I&#8217;m excited for what it will bring.  I look forward to connecting and meeting with new orchestras, audiences, and fans &#8211; and of course, becoming more familiar with different food and cultures (a resolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LINDA SHARON CERONE &#8211; the 2011 Interview With This Illustrious Violinist And Pedagogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Former wunderkind”.  “Class Act”.  “A firecracker”.   These are only a few of the innumerable descriptors from awed and intrigued former students.  For decades, violinist LINDA SHARON CERONE was one-half of “The Cerones”, a veritable teaching institution that consisted of Linda and her husband, violinist David Cerone.  Faculty members at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change is coming&#8230;yet, revisiting the new&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a very long time since I last blogged &#8211; this little thing called violin and career have gotten in the way.  As the season winds down to a close, I wanted to check in and write about future plans and the most recent concert year.
And what a year it has been! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off-stage Preparation &#8211; Unsung Heroes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The energy throughout the hall is tangible &#8211; we reach the exciting coda, and orchestra, conductor and soloist executed the accelerando with flair.  Smiles flash, bow hairs break, and the rousing conclusion ignites an ovation.  Heartbeats elevated, everyone leaves the hall happy.  Yes, another thrilling concert concluded&#8230;and conductor and soloist thank friendly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holidays 2009 &#8211; Where Has This Year Gone?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; we are checking our Christmas lists, stuffing ourselves with food, and having a brief respite from the fall&#8217;s hectic schedule.  2009 was a busy year, and it feels strange not needing to pack my bags and hop on a plane while hurriedly relearning something from the standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter?  In October?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, there was frost on my car.  We are halfway through October &#8211; I was a little surprised and more than a little disheartened!  I should start buckling down for the six months of winter Cleveland is destined to have.  Oh well&#8230;
It has been a chaotic last month.  Since my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tchaikovsky, or&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After checking my reflection in the bright lights of the dressing room mirror, I retune.  I didn&#8217;t particularly need to, but I figured I should check the strings before going onstage for 40 minutes.  A-D, D-G, A-E.  Yup, all good.  I start the first movement of the Tchaikovsky, jump to the sixths in the cadenza, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozart, Grieg, and Franck Program Notes for May 2nd Recital</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, there are nineteen standard sonatas for &#8220;piano and violin&#8221; left by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Eighteen of them are straightforward, classical in nature, and each in a major key. The lone sonata written in minor, his e minor K. 304, was composed under somber circumstances.
During the concert season of 1777-1778, Mozart was engaged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings from Lerner Tower</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello from University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio on a balmy April day.  No, I&#8217;m not the one laying in a hospital bed&#8211;I am visiting a good family friend who just had double bypass surgery.  Actually, this generous woman has hosted a number of private recitals at her residence.  I bring Chinese food and laughter to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2009 &#8211; Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first weekend of spring 2009.  Wow.  Remember when all the concern and hoopla surrounding Y2k was in the media &#8211; and now it is 2009.   Many of my high school classmates are married or starting families;  we have a new administration;  the recession is affecting everyone;  yet ticket sales are up more than [...]]]></description>
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