On Street Musicians

“If we can’t take the time out of our lives to stay a moment and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so overpowers us that we are deaf and blind to something like that — then what else are we missing?”

It’s old but well worth the visit. Famed violinist Joshua Bell donned a baseball cap and took his violin to the subway stop at L’Enfant Plaza in D.C. to play as a street musician for an hour. No one could have predicted what transpired.

If you’ve never heard Joshua Bell play, this is a nice short introduction. It’s also the first piece I ever heard him play (thank you NPR!).

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