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How the Colburn School is Looking Towards the Future

Colburn SchoolEducationPop CultureArts Alive Blog

Sel Kardan, president of the Colburn School

The Colburn School celebrates the 20th anniversary of it’s historic relocation to Grand Avenue with an ambitious concert schedule that includes programs with Maestro Valery Gergiev and Esa-Pekka Salonen with sneak previews of two new performance venues designed by Frank Gehry. The school has great ambitions but Colburn School president Sel Kardan testifies, it’s mission remains the same.

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Colburn SchoolEducationPop CultureArts Alive Blog
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Published on 04.01.2019

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