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To Dr. John Deasy, Superintendent, and Members of the LAUSD Board of Education
I write to you today having learned of the proposed funding cuts and possible elimination of the art and music program in LAUSD Elementary Schools. As Music Director of Los Angeles Opera since 2006, and as one who, for the last forty years has been privileged to enjoy an international conducting career, I am deeply concerned. I myself am a product of the New York City Public School System, and I can personally attest to the importance that arts education plays in children’s lives.
From the Los Angeles Times: “...the hero of the evening was conductor James Conlon, who emphasized the transparency, grace and lyricism in the score, as well as Verdi’s unique virile energy.”
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James Conlon was praised in The Montreal Gazette for his performance conducting the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in a program of Wagner, Schumann and Dvorák. “Conlon brought lush and enveloping sounds from the orchestra.”
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