string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san franci

string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements.

being part of the national youth orchestra is a matter of prestige. some 1000 musicians from around the world are taking part in the annual young euro classic festival in berlin. many of the young players would like to stay. they say be positioned have the best prospect in germany. >> most of the world's musicians consider germany to be an artist's paradise. an incredible number of them come here to study and they expect to be able to pursue a career after their studies will >> on that note, we leave you. thank you for watching "the journal." >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry traveled to iraq on monday to discuss the sectarian violence threatening to tear the country apart. he urged nuri al-maliki to change his tactics. essential that iraq possibly leaders form a genuinely inclusive government as rapidly as possible within their own constitutional framework. intense,rt will be sustained, and if iraq possibly leaders take the necessary steps to bring the country together, it will be effective. >> the u.s. accuses maliki of marginalizing sunnis and

>> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play. msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program, that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tel

recently one of our orchestra had an international position. candidates are one of the finest in the world. yet upon moving here he could hardly afford to rent a single room in the city. our city's arts organizations and its artists are not able to keep up with the incredibly high cost of living in san francisco. increased funding for grants for the arts will ensure that our artists can afford to live in san francisco and will enable the arts community to look toward rebuilding their programs that educate students, support local artists, and contribute greatly to our city's unique character. i urge you to support an increase to the mayor's proposed budget for arts and cultural organizations through grants for the arts and the arts commission. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is john david [speaker not understood], i'm a social worker and program detector with family service agency. i'm here to ask you today to please increase department of aging and adult services funded case management servi

i would like to hire you for my orchestra. i'm sure that the board of directors is not ready to hire an african-american musician. so that's the second time i was told, or had the feeling that the classical world was not ready to accept someone who didn't look like them in their organization. all this time i was making grades with the jazz singles. i was playing opposite gillespie, and meeting all these great people. and they assured me that the jazz community would invite anyone to join them who played good enough. i said, where have you guys been all my life. ♪ >> you have said many times that the bassist is the quarterback. >> yes. >> what does that mean? >> it means he's the one who hits every beat of the bar. he's the one who monitors the shape of the tone. he's the one that plays the changes. he's the one that controls the dynamic. and if he's got the skill and the interest to understand that kind of power, it's easy to be in charge. i can't think of any one football team, for example, that's been a successful football t

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the concert is with the vienna philharmonic orchestra. included in ar is call for unity in a country that is deeply divided. is the final rehearsal for andbosnian choir conductor the singers of the sarajevo national theater. the old city hall is just a few meters from the bridge were archduke frantz ferdinand was shot dead 100 years ago. from here, the choir and philharmonic orchestra will send it out -- send out a message of peace. the city hall is the last place ferdinand visited before his assassination. it is also the first building the serbian troops completely destroyed in 1992 when the bosnian war broke out. at the time, it served as a library with thousands of rare books and manuscripts. we carry the burden of the bosnian war. but we don't want to think about the war all the time. we want to move forward and be known in europe for our peace and for living together with people from different cultures. >> the choir is a good example of that in itself. she is a bosniak. she sings with croats, serbs, and people of other backgrounds. b

on thursday, june 26th. >> when it comes to the orchestra, we are very committed to making sure thatentry point for many families, to come and possibly experience the orchestra for the very first time. >> reporter: mann center has a full menu of music for summer season but it has dining options from the traditional picnicking on the lawn to very fancy dining up on the hill. >> the main thing we are looking to do is fresh, bright, seasonal. >> reporter: michelle left 12th street catering is catering 14 fine dining buffets depending on your concert. >> this is perfect summer fair outside, under a tent. >> reporter: stars under the stars for the entire summer. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> it is a great, great thing no doubt about it. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00, now at 6:00 new developments in the crash that critically injury the comedian tracie morgan. truck driver accused of cause ago this pile up appears in a new jersey courtroom today, "eyewitness news" is live, kathy? >>> cooler, cloudy today but humid with more storms tomorrow, we are tracking them coming up

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members of the nhk symphony orchestra invited them to a rehearsal. ♪ the orchestra is in seoul to takein a cultural exchange program. musicians held an open practice session before their concert on sunday. they were joined onstage by a prominent korean pianist. the group played a concerto by sergi cocough yef and added a piece by johan sebastian bach in memory of the victims of the ferry disaster in south korea in april. >> translator: i learned a lot. especially about the professional side of it. i don't usually get to see that at school. it was really impressive. >> translator: i wish i could play the violin like that. >> it lasted about an hour. >>> and that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. a >> you are watching "france 24." the king of spain announces he will abdicate his throne. he said his son will replace him. francected jihadist from is arrested over the fatal shooting of a jewish medium and brussels. he spent time in syria and radicalized here in prison and france. the palestinian president swears in a unity government. it is the most s

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this is such a crazy juxtaposition watching this song with a orchestra.my words -- the best pun of the morning, baby got bach. >> that was quirky. >> when you give a woman a chance to dance to baby got back, you don't give that up. >>> and everybody's heard about the running of the bulls. but what about the running of the goats? watch as these goat kids sprint across the field. this is ridiculously cute. at a farm in cumberland, maine. her goats go on mini runs together every day to get their wiggles out before bedtime. how adorable. >> they're pretty cute. i have been to cumberland, maine, it's a great town. >> okay. >> ron is not impressed. >> we'll be right back. like a champ. to sleep then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleepiqtm technology. it tracks your sleep and tells you how to adjust for a good, better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting up or down. you'll kn

the orchestra. orchestras in the country the980, less than 10% of musicians in an orchestra were women. today, 45% of women being hired in orchestras are women. what changed? the way they worship greening -- the way they work screening -- were screening. typically think of the middle-aged, southern, blonde, servicesth a financial background is a pretty good higher. we have these biases. -- you want people like you. not bad people, not ill intentioned people. these are people who really believe this, but facts can be stubborn things. i imagine some ceos or entrepreneurs will say, google grew to be google without worrying about diversity. a wall street bank through into a firm without having to worry about hiring women and diversifying. in my sense, -- >> see what happened to wall street? i just thought i would throw it out there. >> there are a lot of things that are partial solutions for wall street. more capital, greater look -- greater liquidity. i have worked in a number of companies with a numbe

were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are great stories for on opera. i was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. a friend of mine said well, what would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. why isn't it are that i have the support now we can do that. i realized that was something that wasn't being done in san francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in san francisco to have organi

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. >> it's nothing more magical than the philadelphia or which he orchestra playing owed -- ode to joy. >> reporter: the highlight may be the legend dear diana ross who makes a stop june 25th. >> you'll see her in magnificent costumes singing her most beloved balads and song. the orchestra comes alive and the voices sing about freedom and you walk away with a tremendous feeling of humanity and freedom and being a part of something special. >> reporter: visit 6abc.com for more on this and other area event click on the sections tap at the top of the homepage you'll find 6abc loves the arts under the categories. for 6abc loves the arts i'm david murphy. [ male announcer ] tv's come a long way. from color. to the remote. to flat screens. now it's taking a quantum leap. introducing fios quantum tv. record up to 12 shows at the same time. store up to 200 hours of entertainment in hd. plus watch live tv anytime with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. that's powerful. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v redefining what tv can be. that's po

the orchestra performed "ode to joy."usicians and singers were invited to perform alongside the group. and brittney shipp was the night's emcee. great sound and nice crowd out there too. >> it was fantastic. beautiful weather. it was a fantastic night. >> i'm denise nakano. "saturday night live" is next. and for news and weather updates any time head to nbc10.com. >> all right, let's hear it again for girl talk. [ cheers and applause ] now, in a second, we're gonna bring out our headliner. you guys ready for outkast? [ cheers and applause ] >> that's right. but first, we have some special guests whod

-- memorise the streets, and they have a part of the brain that is highly developed and symphony orchestra people that have a highly developed part of the brain. what comes first, they are born with it or their brains develop so they can do it. >> the london cab drivers and orchestra players are there as examples to illustrate that you can strengthen parts of the brain by exercising it. the taxi drivers who learn the complicated maps developed their memory regions to a high degree. yes, you can improve your brain. i want say the cab drivers are creative. they have just enhanced an innate capacity in the brain. >> what about the association then between creativity and mental illness. there are all sort of studies, but they are wanting in different ways. most found there are some associations, and it seems they are strongest with writers, that writers seem to have, you know, more issues with mental illness than other creative fields. >> i can't say that. fizzual artists are found to have higher rates of mood disorder. i studied a lot of the writers. the current study i'm doing is a mixture,

when the sacramento fill harmonic orchestra and the oakland east bay symphony performed my work, the chinese american symphony, i became the first american-born chinese composer to compose a shim phone i can work that pays tribute to the chinese immigrant worker that built the first transcontinental railroad in the united states. during the past ~ 25 years in the san francisco bay area, i have performed and had my works commissioned by the major arts presenters and music ensembles such as cal performances, san francisco performances, s.f. jazz, [speaker not understood], and [speaker not understood]. during the past year in washington, d.c. i performed at the white house forum on asian pacific american heritage sponsored by the department of interior as well an ebit horning the chinese railroad worker by the department of labor with the secretary sally jewel [speaker not understood] gave keynote presentations. my organization, however, john jang performances, used to be on the grants for the arts roster of arts organizations. after a few years of being on the grants for the arts roste

us with the comments show you they've managed to approach our project so to deborah who helped to orchestrand scott and to the board thank you very much (clapping) so this is the wrap up i'm still trying to make up for aaron chiu how about if you love david as a supervisor you'll love him a state assemblyman (clapping) so this is the deal i've been talking about this library for 11 years. we all have. we're testified here and spoke at the community meetings and advocated with our city officials talking about this library for more than a decade as of this day may 2014 our library gets to speaks for itself and i like what it says about our neighborhood. thank you all (clapping) >> yeah. julie thank you. i've been handed some subsidiaries so it's about that time i want you to indulge me i want to acknowledge our wonderful that management team many are here michael lambert and karen laura our collections person and chief lombardi i didn't thank you for your wonderful patience ladies and gentlemen, and are we ready >> 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> yeah. >> úx >> good evening and welcome to the regular me

the musicians posted the violins in a hotel room and with a full orchestra at a concert hall. many of the soloists couldn't tell the difference between the new and the old violins. in fact many took the modern violins as their favorite. >> it would be amazing. >> otherwise it's the price to pay. >> maybe this entire debate about the quality of sound misses a bigger point. hat music lovers or investors on the strat are more interested in owning a piece of history. >> when you are kind of putting one against the other, it's almost disrespectful. at the end of the day, the modern instruments are pretty much copies. to say that one is better than the other, you have to take into account the history as well. >> in the case of this strat, history will come at a price. starting at $45 million. >> this is pbs news hour weekend saturday. >> they went to great expense to prepare for the world cup. one event in sao paulo cost $400 million, but they brought hardship for many of the poor left homeless. from england's channel 4, a report. >>>. >> he came here a month ago with 1,000 other fa

conlonke a look at directing the orchestra. ♪ tavis: that is good to have you on the program.k about the state of opera. this is fascinating. i have been following this and our fans have for the last two years. the opera, it is in trouble, it seems. i wrote this down because i wanted put some context into our conversation as we began. the world of opera is in peril. san diego's opera is folding. these are the closures. baltimore, the opera in boston in 2011, the opera of san antonio in 2012. you believe in it. you are still doing it. what is happening with opera? >> i am optimistic. nothing is happening to opera. it is institutions. these are economic issues. an expensive art form and what has happened in our country is that, in the last 30 had partsools have taken out of them. i amwe have young adult -- old enough to remember being in a band and having music appreciation. we had that. when that stopped in the 1980's and started to diminish, we lost the basic beginning for all of our population. there is nothing elite about opera or special. it is for everybody. i am a good ex

about today's announcement because you know i played the violin and placed in a lot of semii didn't orchestras and we have a symphony that is including but particularly on the environmental and green level is tremendous but i'm here to thank the mayor and puc for all and all of you for a model how we take care of the environment go solar started in 2008, and after 25 installations on rooftops around the city has quadruped for businesses and nonprofit organizations and we know that the rest of the state and country has been looking to do wasn't we've done but because of our budget challenges and by the way, i appreciate the budget challenges and thank you mr. kelly and mar. in recent years the funding for this program has been chafrjdz. we know that installations have come down and the community today approached any office to focus attention e aforementioned an what we're doing right thank you environmentalist this is how we safe our planet and thank you to the labor to get the folks so what the high tech 21st century workforce and other solar companies that have decided to invest her 90 in san

this is such a crazy juxtaposition watching this song with a orchestra. my best words of the morning, but -- the best pun of the morning, baby got bach. >> that was quirky. >> when you give a woman a chance to dance to baby got back, you don't give that up. you go big or you go home. >> you want to show us? >> i did at the commercial. >>> and everybody's heard about the running of the bulls. but what about the running of the goats? watch as these goat kids sprint across the field. this is ridiculously cute. hope hall posted this video at a farm in cumberland, maine. she said her heard of baby nigerian dwarf get tos go on mini runs together everyday to get their wiggles out before bedtime. how adorable. the only thing that would be cuter if these were all chihuahuas but this will do. >> they're pretty cute. i have been to cumberland, maine, it's a great town. >> okay. >> isn't that cute, they get their wiggles out before they sleep. >> okay. >> ron is not impressed. >> we'll be right back. >> tough audience. we'll be right back. ♪ big butts and i cannot li

ray put together an orchestra. we had 125 piece mass choir and it was just incredible. incredible night. and enthen we went back again to karncarnegie and did tribute to music of the mow town. >> that was a true collaborative effort. she had han idea. i had an idea. they approached me. we came together. we co-produced. i conducted and she took care of all the other logistical stuff. that's a good example of what it really takes to be successful. >> it's that partnership that keeps the music going between them. >> we stay in the moment. so on an every day level it is about what do we have today? >> up next, creating alternative images of the africa. it is a huge mission for a local nigerian woman. >> it is this journey of wanting to sort of have myself, including others, see proliferative images of who they are. and that is the journey we're on. >> we'll be right back. d >>> welcome back. nigerian talk show host and media mogul mo abudu found her mission in life to change the way people view people of the african diaspora. >> thank you for coming. you have been compared

reporter: philadelphias may know sydney kimmel best for the apartmenting arts and the philadelphia orchestra, but the fact is he has spent $400 million to create cancer centers. his best friend's daughter died of cancer in 1993, and that led to a lifetime commitment of fighting the disease and supporting its victims. >> she was on her way out at the age of 34 and the empathy i felt, i felt so horrible, that triggered off my desire to help him and help the cancer world and that started it. kimmel made his billion fortune in the clothing business. but as a child of the depression, he started with nothing in south and west philadelphia. he has given tens of millions of dollars to philadelphia institution, including jeff, the national constitution center and it's jewish history museum and the jewish day school. this gift will be transformational. it will be used forever financial aid and facilities and research and endowment. >> why jefferson and why now? >> because i'm a philadelphian, i always have been even though i don't live here now and i am particularly fond of the people in jefferson and

also coming up for you this hour, singing to remember the vienna philharmonic orchestra and choir ceva gevo -- very a though joined together to mark the anniversary of the first world war start. agrees togis thing pay $8.9 billion fine to the u.s. paribas accused of drinking sanctions on iran, cuba and sudan. iraq's army has sent an army to take risk. this is day three of the pushback against the sunni militant takeover of several regions in iraq. recapturedthey have the northern city the rebels say otherwise. they seem to have advanced closer to the capital, baghdad and have announced the creation of a new islamic state. their aim to impose sharia law. first of all, what is the declaration of a new state really changes anything? >> does not change anything on the ground. is a very symbolic moment. it is isis saying we are changing that dynamic. the border between the countries does not matter anymore as we said it would not. we now feel strong enough, emboldened enough to imposter centraliria law to iraq. it must be said, this is not the first time isis has done this. they did this ba