Opus 118 roberta guaspari biography
Roberta guaspari today.
"With the violin, I can get into kids' hearts and souls."Roberta Guaspari,
Outside the auditorium at the Central Park East School in East Harlem, proud parents wait patiently, among stacks of violin cases, for the doors to open.
Inside, violinists, nearly all under five feet tall, tune their instruments, and practice the final chords for the afternoons annual school concert.
A dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, portrayed by Meryl Streep, who co-founded the Opus Harlem School of Music and fought for music.Knees straight. Bellies out. Violins up. Dont slow down, crescendo! Let your wrists go soft.
Roberta guaspari children
You look nice, relax your shoulders. DONT MOVE! Watch me with your eyes!
Whispers and giggles fill the air as Roberta Guaspari coaches her students. Stop plucking your violins! One more time and then its for real! The commitment she demands from her students reflects the seriousness of her desire to establish a first-class violin program in the East Harlem public schools of New York City.
Roberta grew up in a working-class family in Rome, New York.
When her father, a factory worker, was kil