&ldquo\;A maestro of musical mystery&helli
p\;Slocumb&rsquo\;s writing is invigorating\, and the detail in his charac
ter work makes the main characters in both time periods easy to root for&h
ellip\;. Thrilling.&rdquo\;
&mdash\;The New York Times
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Brendan Slocumb. His de but novel\, The Violin Conspiracy\, is a Good Morning America Boo k Club selection and was honored as a Best Mystery Book of the Year by The Washington Post\, and a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Goodreads. His s econd book\, Symphony of Secrets\, was released in April 2023.
\nBrendan Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville\, North Carolina. He hold s a degree in music education\, with concentrations in violin and viola\, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For the past two deca des\, he has taught music at public and private schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade\, teaching general music\, orchestra\, and guitar en sembles. His students were often chosen for district and regional orchestr as. In 2005\, Brendan was named Teacher of the Year for Robert E. Lee High School\; he has been named to Who&rsquo\;s Who of American teachers\, and is a Nobel Teacher of distinction. Brendan also serves as an educational consultant for the Kennedy Center in Washington\, D.C.
\nMusic has a lways played a major part of Brendan&rsquo\;s life. He believes that it&rs quo\;s a life-saving force\, and a gift we should always offer our childre n. When he was nine\, he started playing violin through a public school mu sic program. Friends he grew up with are today sitting in jail\; when they were out running the streets\, he was in rehearsals. When they were break ing into people&rsquo\;s houses\, he was practicing Dvorak and Mozart. His violin opened the door to opportunity\, and he ran through it. Since then \, Brendan has performed with the Washington Metropolitan Symphony\, the M cLean Symphony\, the Prince George's Philharmonic\, and the Alexandria Sym phony. He has served as the concertmaster for the NOVA-Annandale Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs chamber music with members of the Alexand ria Chamber Music Society. He maintains a private music studio teaching le ssons to students on violin\, guitar and piano. Brendan believes that ever yone can learn to appreciate and love music\, and that it can be a new way of communicating\, building bonds\, and connecting with people who may lo ok\, sound\, or speak differently.
\nFind Brendan Slocumb books at the library & raquo\;
\nBoth locations will close at 5 pm to prepare. Doors op en at 6:30 pm at the Main Library exclusively for this event.
\nBook s will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow Brendan Sl ocumb's presentation.
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Part of the Great Authors at the Library series. Made possible with support from the Library Foundation.
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