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Arts and Entertainment

Rittenhouse: Curtis Institute of Music Thrives in Tradition

November 10, 2015pnadmin

With a music teacher mother, an older sister who played the violin and an aunt who also attended the school, Erika Gray (above), a second-year viola student at the Curtis Institute of Music, decided it

Arts and Entertainment

West Philly: Stanford Thompson, The Man Behind ‘Play On, Philly!’

December 17, 2013

https://vimeo.com/80979879] Stanford Thompson is a tender 26 years-old but has already established a program that is trying to change music education in the city of Philadelphia. With Play on, Philly!, Thompson is combining his education

Arts and Entertainment

West Philly: Play on Philly Inspires Local Youth to be Great

December 17, 2013

In 2011, Stanford Thompson created Play on, Philly! with the goal of changing the lives of Philadelphia youth through music. With the help of Carole Haas Gravagno and a few other dedicated musicians and sponsors,

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