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Fascinating article! Feels like the acorn that will grow into a vast oak tree of Weltanshauung.

I was reminded of this PBS documentary about the culture of nationally dominant creative excellence at Bethlehem Pennsylvania's Liberty High School Band, the Grenadiers. A series of charismatic band directors, including Ron Sherry who is now 91, created the kind of immersive, inspiring "studio culture" you describe, and changed the lives of thousands of high school students who have been band members:

https://www.pbs.org/video/second-to-none-liberty-high-school-grenadier-band-bdzl5y/

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