Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

Famed Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma was a music prodigy, performing for paying audiences at the tender age of five. Ma has built a career on the exploration of many types of music and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. With a passion for education as well as culture, Ma has become a fixture on the American music scene, with fans both young and old. Discover what makes Ma such an extraordinary individual and how he is using his influence to better the world.

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Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

Famed Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma was a music prodigy, performing for paying audiences at the tender age of five. Ma has built a career on the exploration of many types of music and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. With a passion for education as well as culture, Ma has become a fixture on the American music scene, with fans both young and old. Discover what makes Ma such an extraordinary individual and how he is using his influence to better the world.

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Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

by Lisa A. Chippendale, Jeanne Nagle
Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

Yo-Yo Ma: Grammy Award-Winning Cellist

by Lisa A. Chippendale, Jeanne Nagle

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Famed Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma was a music prodigy, performing for paying audiences at the tender age of five. Ma has built a career on the exploration of many types of music and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. With a passion for education as well as culture, Ma has become a fixture on the American music scene, with fans both young and old. Discover what makes Ma such an extraordinary individual and how he is using his influence to better the world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780766078994
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Publication date: 08/28/2016
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

1 Sharing the "Suite" Life 7

2 The Bigger, the Better 12

3 Lessons Learned 25

4 The Start of Something Big 36

5 Pushing Musical Boundaries 47

6 Bush, Bach, and Bluegrass 61

7 A World of Music 72

8 Launching the Silk Road Project 86

9 More New Adventures 99

Chronology 111

Chapter Notes 114

Glossary 122

Further Reading 124

Index 125

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