Imagine a music school located in a dense neighborhood comprised primarily of immigrant families where kids can learn, for free, how to play the violin, recorder, flute, clarinet and all manner of instruments. Jane Kramer did imagine that, and set about to create it in the canal district of San Rafael, CA—just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco—in a neighborhood where 22 languages are spoken.
Jane had a childhood rich in musical training and performance. She found the disparity in exposure to music for children in Marin County both striking and disturbing. “I find brilliant in
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