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She’s performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. And while keeping up with her can be a challenge, the Ovation program Hilary Hahn: A Portrait follows the young violinist to Hong Kong, Berlin, and even to a recording session at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London, examining how she is fast becoming one of the 21st century’s classical music icons. In Ovation’s online video Hilary Hahn... Our Youngest to Be Featured, students can see glimpses of Hahn moving from tour to tour, hear experts discussing her talent, and learn how the musician sees her recordings as opportunities to make familiar tunes say something new.

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The Shock and Awe lesson plan is provided by Cable in the Classroom about the following:

In his artwork, Salvador Dalí created a “world between reality and dreams.” He painted images
from his subconscious in great detail. His paintings were dreamscapes of fragmented figures,
distorted images, and improbable combinations that represented his unique style of surrealism.
They were statements of his life, his memories, and his thoughts. His belief that it was an “artist’s obligation
to shock and disturb” was as evident in his art as it was in his unconventional life.

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Bringing Art Into the Classroom

Streaming video interview with the National Endowment for the Humanities chairman discussing an NEH initiative to bring reproductions of American masterpieces into classrooms.

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Discovery Atlas: Italy Revealed: Arts & Culture in Florence

Discovery Channel video takes viewers back in time to the Renaissance period in Florence, Italy.

dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-atlas-italy-revealed-arts-culture-in-florence.html

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