"PRACTICING FOR LOVE: A MEMOIR" by Nina Kennedy
Coming this Fall! PRACTICING FOR LOVE: A MEMOIR by Nina Kennedy Practicing for Love: A Memoir by Nina Kennedy , is written from the perspective of an African American woman who tries to make her way in the white male dominated classical music field. A child prodigy, Nina Kennedy gives her first complete piano recital at age nine, and is one of three accepted from a pool of 72 pianists for study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She earns a master's degree at the Juilliard School in solo piano performance and orchestral conducting. Kennedy then presents her New York Recital Debut at Lincoln Center, and receives a rave review in the New York Times . She later served as conducting apprentice under Maestro Kurt Masur during his stints with the New York Philharmonic and L'Orchestre National de France. But unfortunately, she discovers that as a black female, she is not allowed to compete at American international competitions or for American concert mana...