Classical Music Program Lifts Children Out of Poverty

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5-1-2008 3:27 AM

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5-1-2008 3:34 AM

dmegivern

I think that being in orchestra helped me get out of poverty. It was my first class of the day all through high school. While I was dealing with a suicidal mom in the hospital and raising my 5 younger brothers and sister as a highly parentified child myself, it was soothing to go to school.

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