Music Makes A City - Louisville Orchestra | Louisville Life | KET

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Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2014 · Music

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An interview with filmmaker and native Louisvillian Owsley Brown III about his documentary film "Music Makes A City: A Louisville Orchestra Story". KET's "Louisville Life" caught up with him to discuss the orchestra's groundbreaking achievements inspired by former mayor Charles Farnsley's cultural philosophy during the 1950s that put Louisville in the international spotlight.  Viewers also hear from Rob Birman, former executive director of the Louisville Orchestra, and former music director Jorge Mester.

Louisville Orchestra website http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/
More about the documentary http://www.musicmakesacity.com/

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