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Gustavo Dudamel to Lead LA Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today that a 26-year old Venezuelan will be its next music director. We hear about him, about his education in Venezuela and about a movement to restore music teaching in California. On Reporter's Notebook, making energy out of the sludge from treated wastewater. Will Los Angeles lead the way?
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThe Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today that a 26-year old Venezuelan will be its next music director. We hear about him, about his education in Venezuela and about a movement to restore music teaching in California. On Reporter's Notebook, making energy out of the sludge from treated wastewater. Will Los Angeles lead the way?
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For the first time in years, state money is flowing to public schools for the teaching of music, just as the Los Angeles Philharmonic hires a new conductor who is a poster boy for music education developed in Venezuela. Gustavo Dudamel became director of Venezuela's National Youth Orchestra when he was 17. He's won the Gustav Mahler…
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It takes 38 trucks to move 750 tons of treated solid waste every day from the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant up the road to a city-owned farm in Kern County. A new project will cut those truck trips in half, reducing congestion and greenhouse emissions, and produce enough energy to power 3000 homes. Lee Peterson is environmental…
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