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PAN PIPES • FALL 2017 • sai-national.org 38 on the foot, and "Practice Practice Practice" going up the outer sides). e gi shop also had a large Carnegie Hall poster: Celebrating 120 Years. On it were 120 mini-posters of performances in chronological order. Among featured artists in these images most familiar to me were Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Plácido Domingo, Marian Anderson, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, Ravi Shankar, P.D.Q. Bach, Walter Damrosch, and Anna Russell. Of course, there are many others I can examine now that the framed poster is hanging in my living room! My unexpected change of plans resulted in an experience that enlightened me about the diverse performances at Carnegie Hall through the years. So if there are no available tours of the building the next time I am in Manhattan, I'll happily return to the Rose Museum; there's so much more to explore here…where everything comes up roses! Jayne I. Hanlin is an initiate of Alpha Omicron and current member of the St. Louis Alumnae chapter. Mrs. Hanlin, the sister of famed pianist Malcolm Frager, is the co-author of Learning Latin Through Mythology (Cambridge University Press, 1991). to the second floor. During the concert season— except for Christmas and New Year's Day—the museum is free and open to the public from 11 AM to 4:30 PM seven days a week. e Rose Museum is closed during the summer. What a treasure trove I discovered inside this large room! As a bonus, I could hear Barenboim's rehearsal through the open double doors that led to the red-carpeted area just outside the main- level orchestra seats. Many marvelous things were on display. It would take considerable time to read, listen to, and study everything. An interesting exhibit entitled "125 Years of Music and Education" was in the center of the room. I was particularly touched by a photo of a member of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA teaching a child about the cello (my instrument) during a 2014 interactive concert. Also in the collection is a short letter penned in cursive by a movie star, one of the celebrities who lived in the towers. It was signed "Not so Private Citizen Marlon Brando." Other objects were equally fascinating: one of Benny Goodman's clarinets; photos of celebrities, such as Albert Einstein, Judy Garland, and Jacqueline Kennedy with Leopold Stokowski; batons of famous maestros — Toscanini, Bernstein, and Szell; and a Tiffany & Company's silver-plated trowel with which Carnegie's wife laid the building's cornerstone. In 1906, both Booker T. Washington and Mark Twain lectured at Carnegie Hall. Under the display of record jackets and photos of famous artists was a quotation from Andrew Carnegie himself: "It is probable that this Hall will intertwine itself with the history of our country." Indeed it has! Playing on two large video monitors were separate clips in a looped sequence of Carnegie Hall performances through the years. ese featured exceptional artists from many generations and different fields: Gustavo Dudamel, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Benny, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Vladimir Horowitz, Liza Minelli, Ray Charles, and Frank Sinatra. Adjoining the museum is a small gi shop, where I purchased unique items: a set of Carnegie Hall playing cards with images of vintage concert posters and tickets, and a pair of red socks with white lettering ("Carnegie Hall" A WORLD OF MUSIC FOR MORE INFORMATION visit carnegiehall.org Carnegie Hall in New York City ROSE continued from page 37

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