Ari Goldman Goes From New York Times Journalist To Amateur Cellist Scribe Joins Late Starters Orchestra at Age 60

Ari Goldman is a former New York reporter and the author of The Late Starters Orchestra. (Algonquin Books) Ari L. Goldman’s “The Late Starters Orchestra” makes me wish that I had not given up. As his 60th birthday approached, Goldman, a journalism professor at Columbia University, decided to take up the cello, an instrument he stopped playing as a young man. Undeterred by the skepticism of his wife and others, he immersed himself in the routine of cello lessons and solo practice, even attending music camp in the summer.

Henry Chappell s a journalist and author of Silent We Stood. (Texas University Press) For more information, visit www.ByHenryChappell.com. The book was named Best Western Historical Novel of 2014 by Western Writers of America. 10/19/2014 Second Hour

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