[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S6209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      TRIBUTE TO VICTOR ROSENBAUM

 Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I rise today in tribute to one of 
the great cultural treasures of Massachusetts, Victor Rosenbaum. Mr. 
Rosenbaum is the President of the esteemed Longy School of Music and 
has been an important figure in Boston's musical life for more than a 
quarter century, excelling as a pianist, teacher, conductor, composer, 
writer and administrator.
  As a pianist, Victor Rosenbaum is critically acclaimed for his 
performances as a soloist and chamber musician. He has performed 
throughout the world and has appeared as a soloist with the Boston 
Pops, Pro Arte Orchestra, Boston Classical Orchestra and the Boston 
Philharmonic. His chamber music collaborations have been with such 
distinguished artists as Leonard Rose, Joseph Silverstein, Roman 
Totenberg, and the Vermeer and Cleveland Quartets.
  In addition to teaching at Longy, Mr. Rosenbaum is also a member of 
the faculty at the prestigious New England Conservatory where he was 
the former chair of the Piano Department, and a current member of the 
faculty of Musicorda.
  Since Mr. Rosenbaum's appointment as President in 1985, Longy has 
become a major performance center in the greater Boston area, and has 
greatly expanded its curriculum for children, avocational students, and 
aspiring professional musicians and teachers.
  In 1994, the Schools work with low-income school children from 
Cambridge came to the attention of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest 
Fund, the Nation's largest private arts funder. Selecting Longy as one 
of the six non-profit cultural institutions nationwide to expand their 
youth programs, the Fund awarded the School $355,000, the largest of 
the six and the largest single gift ever made to the School at that 
time, to provide private music instruction to students from Boston and 
Somerville as well as Cambridge and to develop an in-school music 
enrichment program.
  Victor Rosenbaum has had an immeasurable impact on Boston's cultural 
life. He has elevated the quality of music in our city and expanded its 
reach to new audiences and music-lovers.
  I commend him for what he has accomplished and extend congratulations 
to him as he retires from Longy at the end of his 16th year as its 
venerable President.

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