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  • Defying the Silence
    • In this extraordinary example of how to unionize in the arts, this labor history book reveals how some of the world’s finest musicians went from sitting in the Minnesota Orchestra to standing in the picket line . . . and how their city rallied around them.
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  • Speaking Soundly
    • Speaking Soundly is a new podcast of backstage conversations with world-renowned performing artists and promising newcomers about their lives and creative process. Guests include Grammy Award winners Joyce DiDonato, Wynton Marsalis, Emanuel Ax, Isabel Leonard, Christian McBride, Marin Alsop, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and many more, hosted by MET Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss.
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  • The Way of Cane
    • A new book by former Houston Symphony bassoonist Eric Arbiter. The book is also available from Amazon here and from Barnes and Noble here.
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  • The Arts from The Bottom Up
    • "The Arts From The Bottom Up" by Marsha Schweitzer, subtitled "Three Little Books about Labor, Management, and Mission in the Arts," is a collection of articles, letters, essays, and notes Schweitzer wrote between 1978 and 2017.
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  • More Than Meets the Ear - How Symphony Musicians Made Labor History
    • Learn more about this fascinating book by Julie Ayer.
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