Clarke Bustard

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A Fox in the Henhouse

Musicians from all over the world gather at a small farm in rural Virginia, seeking opera from a venerable conductor.
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You (Still) Spin Me

The vinyl record refuses the trend toward obsolescence that certain other media are fighting.
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8-Bit Beethoven

“Video Games Live” somehow turns “Pong” into a symphonic piece and gives guitar heroes an actual stage, God help us.
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Jack of All Traaades!

Richmond-born tenor William Ferguson sings it all.
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Bleeding Ink

The newspaper may reinvent itself, but it shouldn't imagine for a moment that it's going to reinvent its readers or their town.
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Composers Come Alive!

The classical world doesn't have to reach back hundreds of years to those powdered wigs anymore for inspiration.
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Dropping Centuries

The classical music season, conveniently organized from powdered wigs to video games.
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Fight Songs

What gets composed while the world falls apart.
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Welfare School

Drive along the commercial strips of Broad Street or Midlothian Turnpike. Keep a tally of the stores that sell stuff you need, as...
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