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Second Fiddle to None

Detroit leader encourages black and Hispanic youths to become top-notch classical musicians

By Nicole Lewis

Detroit

Aaron P. Dworkin remembers how miserable he felt when, as one of the few black members of the Harrisburg Youth Symphony, in Pennsylvania, he rose with his violin to tune the orchestra and his peers refused to be quiet.

"You have earned that position through an...

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