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Music Director and Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

Music director and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. This month he took over the San Francisco Symphony. He's been conducting for 25 years. At the age of 24 years old he was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, and began filling in regularly as conductor when the musical director's health began to fail. THOMAS was mentored by Leonard Bernstein. However, Thomas's roots are in the theater: His grandparents were Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who founded the Yiddish theater in New York. There's a new book about him, Michael Tilson Thomas: Viva Voce. Conversations with Edward Seckerson. (Faber and Faber).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 27, 1995: Interview with Michael Tilson Thomas; Review of Cathy Berberian's album "Recital I for Cathy and Folk Songs"; Interview with Roger Mangum.
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A Delectable Album.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a reissue by the late mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian: Luciano Berio's "Recital I for Cathy and Folk Songs." (RCA)

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The Effects of Shootings on Police.

San Antonio Police officer Roger Mangum. In 1982, he shot and killed a man in the line of duty. Recently he and other officers set up a support group for officers involved in "critical incidents." The group is called, Police Officer Support Team (P.O.S.T.). In 1992 Mangum left the police force, and began teaching at the San Antonio Police Academy.

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