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Odenton cellist gets the lesson of a lifetime

Published 11/16/09

Nana Adeiwaa-Manu had always been a fan of the Obamas. She borrowed a Barack Obama campaign button from her father and she carried it with her cello.

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Odenton resident and Baltimore School of Arts sophomore Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu, an aspiring cellist and pianist, got the lesson of a lifetime when she was invited to the White House to attend a classical music workshop taught by world-class master musicians.
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The budding Odenton musician joined some of the world's best musicians on Nov. 4 at the White House to take part in a historic classical music workshop hosted by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

"I was really shocked. It took me a while to get settled in," Adeiwaa-Manu, 15, said.

A sophomore at the Baltimore School of the Arts, she joined senior BSA guitarist David Kalwa as two of the 120 students from around the country to attend the workshop...

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