Aaron Rosand 80^th Birthday 3/15/07
  - Celebration Concert 3/31/07 at Field Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, 8:00 Free to the Public

A capacity crowd joined the celebration / tribute concert sponsored by the Curtis Institute of Music. The concert opened with the birthday tribute film Violins & Cigars, a documentary short from Lauren Speeth and Tim Schaller of Elfenworks Productions, in which well-wishers from far and wide join to wish the maestro well [see it at youTube.com and (mv4) video here]. The film notes that Rosand has practiced every day from the age of three, which means he has practiced about 150,000 hours, or 9 million minutes and doesn’t use a shoulder rest. But if he says the cigar is the magic behind his tone, we must allow him his opinion.

Aaron Rosand played the first half of the concert, and after receiving a standing ovation was presented with a Citation from Mayor John F. Street of the great great City of Philadelphia. Former students then performed for the bulging crowd, which filled every seat and more - people were literally sitting on the stairs. The evening ended with a large birthday cake. A wonderful time was had by all.

Elfenworks' Lauren Speeth presenting on behalf of Mayor Street	Click on the above image of the Citation to read the actual text

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