Music Lessons From A Master: 'Hallelujah Junction'
Dec 31st, 2008 · In a new memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams chronicles his life and offers insights into his acclaimed - and often controversial — operas and orchestral works.
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John Adams Composes An American Life ***
Oct 5th, 2008 · There probably isn't a major symphony orchestra in the U.S. — or abroad — that hasn't played the music of John Adams. His distinctive sound has made Richard Nixon sing and won a Pulitzer Prize. His new autobiography, Hallelujah Junction, reveals an American composer's history.
Dancer, Artist Enlivens Death Valley Junction
Jul 3rd, 2008 · In 1967 a flat tire led dancer and artist Marta Becket to Death Valley, an opera house — and her life's work. Today, she no longer dances, but she continues to attract an audience.
Las Vegas Celebrates its Centennial
May 13th, 2005 · Since its humble origins in a 1905 land auction, the city of Las Vegas has grown from a two-track railroad junction town to a metropolis of nearly two million people, and has become an American cultural touchstone, for better or worse.
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