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Aspiring Classical Musicians Threatened by Travel Ban

A celebrated program for young classical musicians demands a lot, but the payoff can be huge—just ask Yo-Yo Ma.
Adam Glaser conducts the Juilliard Pre-College orchestra, made up of high school students from around the world.
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The drive from Burlington, Vermont, to the Upper West Side of Manhattan takes about six hours, a fact 16-year-old Rowan Bauman Swain knows all too well. Rowan, her younger sister and her mother, Heather, have made that round trip most weekends from September to May for the past five years. They leave Vermont on Friday afternoon, as soon as classes

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