Following the Music

For his fourth primetime special, Tavis spent time at Boston’s New England Conservatory and the Conservatory Lab Charter school, and he hung out with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Gustavo Dudamel as the young conductor met with colleagues and worked with youth orchestra members.

Check out photos from Tavis’ entry into the world of Gustavo Dudamel and his examination of Dudamel’s influence on music education in the United States.

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: A Conservatory Lab Charter School student plays the violin during a performance. Photo by: Toni Jackson

: The 3.6-acre complex with a sweeping stainless steel exterior was designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry.

: With an initial gift of $50 million from Lillian Disney as a tribute to Walt Disney, the concert hall took 15 years to complete and cost around $274 million.

: Tavis sits in on a Los Angeles Philharmonic creative meeting with Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, President-CEO Deborah Borda and Vice President of Artistic Planning Chad Smith.

: L.A. Phil star conductor Gustavo Dudamel sits for his conversation with Tavis.

: Gustavo Dudamel talks to Tavis while also giving him a tour of the L.A. Phil offices.

: Gustavo Dudamel talks to music students who are part of the L.A. Phil's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA). YOLA expanded to a second site in 2010 at the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA). Photo by: Mathew Imaging

: YOLA at Heart of Los Angeles provides free orchestral education to 1st- and 4th-grade students. Photo by: Mathew Imaging

: Camera operator Allan Palmer films music students in Boston's Conservatory Lab Charter School--a K-5 school in partnership with the New England Conservatory. Photo by: Toni Jackson.

: Tavis meets Stella Dzialas--a student at the Conservatory Lab Charter School. The young flute player says: It's my third week and I already know how to play 'When the Saints Go Marching In.'