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Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
Written by Natalie Hodges
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Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, a young Korean American violinist searches for a new mode of artistic becoming.
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Natalie Hodges
Natalie Hodges has performed as a classical violinist throughout Colorado and in New York, Boston, Paris, and the Italian Piedmont, as well as at the Aspen Music Festival and the Stowe Tango Music Festival. She graduated from Harvard University, where she studied English and music, and lives in Denver, Colorado. Uncommon Measure is her first book.
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