On a weekday evening, near midnight, an e-mail from Scotland arrived that bristled with excitement. It was from a piano student who'd watched a Netflix documentary about Orin O'Brien, the first female double bassist to be hired by the New York Philharmonic. Enraptured by the story and its heartfelt message that embraced music-making in a… Continue reading The Only Girl in the Orchestra lands a deserving Oscar!
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