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She Was First

Marin Alsop

Season 1 Episode 105

As the first American woman to lead a major orchestra in the United States, South America, Austria, and Great Britain, Alsop is paving the way for other women to realize their leadership potential. Soledad joins Marin Alsop as she conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting to the next generation of trailblazers at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Institute.

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