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"If you want to hear a great orchestra... you're coming to Mobile, Alabama"

Alabama Public Radio | By Brittany Young
Published April 16, 2019 at 10:09 AM CDT
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Celia Mann Baehr (Bear) is the President and CEO of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and Buddy Rice sits on the board of directors. They came to StoryCorps to discuss the 20th anniversary of the MSO, which took place in 2018. Baehr and Rice create the sense that the symphony is one of the best in the country – creating music education programs for students in the city and captivating diverse audiences – and Mobilians should be excited about experiencing their community’s orchestra firsthand...

Edited by Jalen Hutchinson
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Brittany Young
Brittany Young is Alabama Public Radio's Program Director and Content Manager. Brittany began her public radio journey in the spring of 2015 as a news intern for APR while in graduate school at The University of Alabama.
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