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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NLS is pleased to announce a free virtual concert featuring stellar <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> on Wednesday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m. (EST). The concert will kick off a yearlong commemoration of NLS’s 90th anniversary. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Whitaker is an NLS patron and piano prodigy who has used the Music Section’s accessible scores and instructional materials on his rise to fame. He was<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>featured on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> last year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The concert will be broadcast on the Library of Congress YouTube channel (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>youtube.com/libraryofcongress).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An interview with Whitaker conducted by NLS Director Karen Keninger will be posted there at 8:00 a.m. (EST) on March 3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We encourage you to share this information with your patrons so they can join us for this event. Below is some language that you might consider using in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>your publications, website, and social media channels. Attached to this email is a photo of Matthew Whitaker; if you use it, please credit Jacob Blickenstaff.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Juliette Appold<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Head, Music Section<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:japp@loc.gov">japp@loc.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attachment: Photo of Matthew Whitaker by Jacob Blickenstaff (JPG)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Social media post: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You’re invited to a free virtual concert by jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m. (EST), sponsored by the National Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), Library of Congress. Whitaker, who has been blind since birth and started playing the piano at age three,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>is an NLS patron who has garnered accolades in the jazz world. The concert, which kicks off NLS’s yearlong 90th anniversary celebration, will be broadcast<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>on the Library of Congress YouTube channel (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/libraryofcongress">www.youtube.com/libraryofcongress</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, follow NLS on Facebook (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/thatallmayread">www.facebook.com/thatallmayread</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>or check out the Library of Congress Events page (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.loc.gov/events">www.loc.gov/events</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>or the NLS Music Notes blog (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes">https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Newsletters/Publications: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), Library of Congress, will kick off its 90th anniversary celebration with a free virtual<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>concert by jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m. (EST)—and you’re invited! Whitaker, who has been blind since birth, is an<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NLS patron who has garnered accolades across the jazz world. He won ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards for 2019 and 2020 and has been<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>featured on stages around the world and on TV shows including Ellen and NBC’s Today. In a story on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(<a href="https://cbsn.ws/3oDMQIM">https://cbsn.ws/3oDMQIM</a>),<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>neuroscientists discussed how Whitaker’s brain is stimulated by music—so much so that his visual cortex lights up when he plays. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Like previous NLS concerts that featured José André in 2019 and Justin Kauflin in 2014, this event showcases the NLS Music Section’s work in providing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>patrons with direct access to the world’s largest collection of braille, audio, and large print music materials. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Whitaker’s concert will be broadcast on the Library of Congress YouTube channel (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.youtube.com/libraryofcongress">www.youtube.com/libraryofcongress</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An interview with Whitaker will be posted there at 8:00 a.m. (EST) on March 3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, follow NLS on Facebook (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThatAllMayRead/">www.facebook.com/ThatAllMayRead/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>or check out the Library of Congress Events page (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.loc.gov/events">www.loc.gov/events</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>or the NLS Music Notes blog (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes">https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes</a>).<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>