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Roberta Guaspari (born September 15, 1947) is an American violinist and music educator. She is known for her work in Harlem, New York, where she taught during the 1980s and 1990s to keep music alive in inner-city schools.
Ms. Guaspari's violin program gained national renown when she and her students performed at Carnegie Hall with Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, and Mark O'Conner. Roberta Guaspari continues to inspire students throughout the nation.
In the hands of the young East Harlem students, Bach and Mozart are more than magical. Since 1992, Roberta’s violin students have played at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, and on radio and television shows.
Music of the Heart starred Meryl Streep as real-life violin teacher Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras. The Character Meryl Streep was a literally last-minute replacement for Wes Craven’s “Music of the Heart”, after Madonna dropped out of the project.
Roberta Guaspari, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Performance began her remarkable teaching career in three East Harlem public schools in 1980. Through her work, she has become an international figure in the fight for public school music education.
Oct 27, 1999 · Nineteen years ago, Roberta Guaspari, devastated by a wrecked marriage, left her mother's house in upstate New York, took her two little boys and moved to East Harlem with a crate full of...
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Oct 29, 1999 · Roberta Guaspari, a public school violin teacher very much in the spotlight these days, flew to Los Angeles recently to promote music education and buy some shoes.
