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Academy students work three days a week, 30 weeks a year, on the very highest musical level and performing on one of Carnegie’s stages with the likes of conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Jennifer Taylor hide caption

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Juilliard, Carnegie Join Together To Teach More Than Music

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Police officers from different countries fire their weapons at targets during training with Colombia's elite Jungla unit in 2007. William Fernando Martinez/AP hide caption

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Mexico Seeks Lessons From Colombia's War On FARC

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John McLaughlin recorded To the One with his 4th Dimension band, from left: Mark Mondesir, Gary Husband, McLaughlin and Etienne M'Bappe. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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John McLaughlin: On Coltrane And Spirituality In Music

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