[Gustavo
Dudamel and Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles]
John
Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com sends this fascinating news:
On January 26th,
I was a dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Rizzo in
Torrance, Ca. Antonio is a violin, viola, and cello maker
http://www.arviolins.com/index.htm.
He annually receives instruction and consultation in Italy from
descendants of a legendary Italian violin maker. Antonio is around 86
years of age and wishes to share his knowledge and skills with future
generations. One of his projects is a partnership with Youth
Orchestra of Los Angeles http://www.laphil.com/education/yola.cfm.
In addition to volunteering his personal services to repair violins,
violas, and cellos, Antonio developed a curriculum with instruction
book to help others teach interested youth to repair violins. Apart
from this effort, Antonio shared with me that a young African
American student contacted him and indicated he wanted to learn the
craft/skill of violin making. Antonio invited the young man to his
studio and started him with lesson plans and looks forward to his
development.
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