and when i finished with juilliard i was taken in ha competition to go to baltimore for some weeks tooire project with the baltimore symphony with visiting conductors leading us, is helping us. there were four of us. and zell came to the audition and he liked what he saw well enough to tell me he had a position open on the conducting half? cleveland and he would love to audition me thoroughly and take me for it if it worked the way he thought it would. and for me this was exactly what i needed, as i say, always the right thing at the right moment. it was just what i didn't know anything about. i didn't know how to deal with a single symphony orchestra as an entity the way i really did more know about operatic structure. and i went there and i was with him from 1964 till he died in 1971 and i think it was 1971, it may have been 1970. i lose it now. but i think during that time i observed him, i asked him many questions, we spent many sessions together going over music that was related to music that he was doing but not always the same music. and he recommended me for some of the first

five siblings that are that talented, talented enough to be in juilliard together.with the browns in many ways since 2005 w ef a we've been working with them and many of us from steinway will be at carnegie hall october 18th. >> we hope to be able to see that. has the labor issues at carnegie hall impacted your business at all? what do you think of what's going on? give yours opinion if you would. >> i'm delighted the strike has been settled. carnegie hall sits at the center of the musical community. they did a masterful job at finding a compromise to keep the music playing. we were disappointed the opening night gala was disrupted and i missed seeing the philadelphia orchestra which i was looking forward to. it was only one night, only one performance missed and the music goes on. >> indeed. we are glad they settled that perfect note, pun intended, to leave it on. thanks, mr. sweeney. nice to have you with us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> ty, up to you. >> all right. thank you very much, sue. when it comes to high school academic clubs are a dime

he studied music at juilliard, and toured for a year with the henry jerome swing band, playing saxophonenet. >> when was the last time you looked inside of this? >> i hate to tell you. >> doesed it look familiar. >> greenspan pulled out his original clarinet for us. >> this brings back memories. >> which dates from the 1940s. >> i would blow it but the problem unfortunately is i remember how i used to sound. and i just try to remember that and leave it at that. >> greenspan saw he was never going to be a great musician. >> when i played next to stan jets, who i was 16, he was 15, and i played for years, side by side with him in a band, and he pretty much determined i was going to become an economist. >> reporter: but it did lead him to his wife, andrea mitchell. >> in fact, what originally attracted me to her is she liked the same music that i did. >> there is a disagreement about how many times you proposed. >> i think she said five and you said three. >> well, i still didn't get it. >> greenspan and the nbc news correspondent have been married for 16 years. >> is he an obsessive writer

he studied music at juilliard, and toured for a year with the henry jerome swing band, playing saxophonerinet. >> when was the last time you looked inside of this? >> i hate to tell you. >> doesed it look familiar. >> greenspan pulled out his original clarinet for us. >> this brings back memories. >> which dates from the 1940s. >> i would blow it but the problem unfortunately is i remember how i used to sound. and i just try to remember that and leave it at that. >> greenspan saw he was never going to be a great musician. >> when i played next to stan jets, who i was 16, he was 15, and i played for years, side by side with him in a band, and he pretty much determined i was going to become an economist. >> reporter: but it did lead him to his wife, andrea mitchell. >> in fact, what originally attracted me to her is she liked the same music that i did. >> there is a disagreement about how many times you proposed. >> i think she said five and you said three. >> well, i still didn't get it. >> greenspan and the nbc news correspondent have been married for 16 years. >> is he an obsessive writ