A great article from the Washington Post about what would happen if a great violinist on a great instrument put out his hat and played during the morning commute at one of the busiest commuting hubs of the nation’s capitol. Too good for words!
I found the most interesting bit to be about the little boy who was the most interested (of the 1000+ people who passed by) in Bell’s playing, but wasn’t allowed to stop and check it out by his busy, harried mother. There’s a lesson in that: all children have an innate interest in the arts because they are novel to them, new. Feeding that interest, even if it means stopping to watch an unknown busker play some Bach, is the future of our classical music audiences and better citizens who appreciate the arts.