THE SOLOIST – Reading Group Choices

nbsp;Now a major motion picture—”An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy.” –Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down) When Steve Lopez saw Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles’ skid row, he found it impossible to walk away. More than thirty years earlier, Ayers had been a promising classical bass student at Juilliard—ambitious, charming, and also one of the few African-Americans—until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia.

Swan Dive

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music: Lopez, Steve: 9780399155062: : Books

The Soloist by Steve Lopez - Audiobook

JS Bach: the 2020 Editor's Choice recordings

CardsJC: SOLOIST-WHF Trial Journal Club - Cardionerds

Book Discussion Questions

Soloist in a Cage

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington - The New York Times

Concert Openers and Closers