Maestro Race

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Melissa August, Autumn De Leon, Michelle Derrow, Aisha Durham, Daniel S. Levy, Lina Lofaro, Michelle Orecklin, David Spitz and Chris Taylor

BOW FINGERS Is anti-Semitism the only thing World Church of the Creator supremacist Matt Hale and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan have in common? Nope. Both are serious violinists. As they’re both from Illinois, maybe a duet is in the offing? A glimpse at their musical preferences:

FARRAKHAN HALE

COMPOSER Felix Mendelssohn Peter Tchaikovsky

WORK Violin Concerto Romeo and Juliet’s theme by Mendelssohn by Nino Rota

MUSICAL NOTE “Music will open a way Calls Romeo and Juliet to dialogue and erase film theme “a very the bitterness” emotional and moving piece”

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