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		<description><![CDATA[Emotions have been swirling high around the Minnesota Orchestra (MO) this past week.  First came the news that their Principal Clarinetist (much beloved) Burt Hara had won an audition for Associate Principal Clarinet with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  Hara has &#8230; <a href="http://ccyager.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/the-minnesota-orchestra-a-conductors-musical-instrument-torn-apart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccyager.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1743425&#038;post=946&#038;subd=ccyager&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, famous for his massive &#8220;wall of sound&#8221; symphonies, began his professional life as a teacher.  He continued to study to improve his position, and eventually became organist in St. Florian, Austria.  He had loved the organ &#8230; <a href="http://ccyager.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/why-i-love-classical-music-a-minnesota-orchestra-concert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ccyager.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1743425&#038;post=943&#038;subd=ccyager&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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