Too busy to stop and hear the music?

Joshua Bell is one of the world’s greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice?

Read the Washington Post’s special report here:

Pearls Before Breakfast
By Gene Weingarten, Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007

A very thought-provoking read. The article even has videos of the actual performance!

You can also read the backstory of the article on Joshua Bell’s website, http://www.joshuabell.com/.

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