Ken Gruberman conducts the MVCO: "Dry Your Tears, Afrika" from "Amistad"

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*blush* … thank you for saying that. As you are my brother, you were one of the first people I wanted to show this to. AND you had to know I was thinking about Ted Dale the whole time I was there. The irony was not lost on me. For those reading this comment who don't know who Ted Dale is/was (which would be all of you I'm guessing), he was my dad's partner for many years. Their company was called "Quill & Dale Music." Ted also traveled all over the world conducting operas for the State Department! (Those were the days.) He'd come back and regale us with tales of "La Boheme" in Katmandu. In my early to mid teen years, Ted became my musical mentor, my own personal Leonard Bernstein. Because of him, I gained a passion for music, not just an understanding of it. I hope somewhere he is smiling over this.