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Maestro Billy

bill.jpgA page in tonight's (Thursday) Philadelphia Orchestra Playbill reveals the special guest for the Academy of Music's 151st Anniversary Concert and Ball on Jan. 28: Billy Joel. The name doesn't ring any bells with me, but perhaps it will mean something to more well-rounded listeners of a certain generation.

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Peter Dobrin has been writing about classical music and the arts for The Inquirer since 1989. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

He’s grateful for news tips, willing to engage in a certain amount of back and forth with readers, but is unfortunately unable to remove old LPs from your basement or post photographs of your cat.


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