March 27th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Acclaimed science journalist Jonah Lehrer has written a new book entitled Imagine: How Creativity Works that sheds a fascinating light on the mysterious process known as “Creativity.” In a recent Wall Street Journal article, adapated from the book, he writes: …Creativity is not...
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March 21st, 2012 by Beth Hondl
This is Spotlight Conversation #2 from our Talking About Creativity event in San Francisco, March 17, 2012. Ed Sanders, formerly of YouTube, now Group Marketing Manager of the Creative Lab at Google, and Margo Drakos, cellist turned tech entrepreneur and Co-founder of InstantEncore, talk about...
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March 20th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
This is Spotlight Conversation #1 from our Talking About Creativity event in San Francisco, March 17, 2012. Composers John Adams and Mason Bates talk about writing music for the modern orchestra, perceptions about classical music, tweeting in the concert hall, the role of technology and more....
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March 19th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Here is the first of our videos from Saturday’s event in San Francisco, our keynote conversation with Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony. In this wide-ranging conversation with SFS Executive Director Brent Assink, MTT discusses the connectedness of all...
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March 13th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra started out as a suggestion from a young marketing employee in London. What if…? What if we could bring together classical music enthusiasts dispersed across the globe? How could technology bring this community together? 30+ million views later, the YouTube...
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