COLUMBIA — Clenice Ortigara, a pianist studying at the MU School of Music, describes music as “part of being alive.” She says music pervades every aspect of her life – in conversation with her clarinetist husband, Jairo Wilkens, their voices rise and fall in pitch, rolling with melodic emphasis as they speak, their Brazilian roots explicit.
Brazilian music students enrich Columbia community
Friday, March 20, 2009 | 11:53 a.m. CDT;
updated 10:18 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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