Tuesday, November 28, 2006

"Blue Jay Spreads His Wings" 60 Minutes

I rarely get a chance to watch "60 minutes," the Sunday night news show on CBS--this used to be a family tradition when I was growing up. But this last Sunday, after an 8 hour drive from Salt Lake City, I plopped down exhausted in front of the TV set and fortuitously "60 Minutes" was on. There were two interesting stories: the "memory erase" pill story in the previous post on this blog, and another segment about an incredible child prodigy composer named Jason Greenberg. At my son, Ryan's piano recital last week, a student had played a very unusual piece entitled, "Storm." It turns out that the composer was Jason, profiled in this piece on "60 Minutes."

CBS) Jay Greenberg is an American composer who some say is the greatest musical genius to come along in 200 years. He wrote five symphonies by the time he was 13 years old.

"We are talking about a prodigy of the level of the greatest prodigies in history when it comes to composition. I am talking about the likes of Mozart, Mendeelsson, and Saint Saens"...Sam Zyman

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