The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.
I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.
That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
I feel I have had a very interesting life, but I am rather hoping there is still more to come. I still haven't captained the England cricket team, or sung at Carnegie Hall!
I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.
Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
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