- Blair Tindall
Blair Tindall (born
February 2 ) is an American oboist, performer, speaker, and journalist.Tindall was born in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina to American historian George Brown Tindall and Carliss Blossom McGarrity Tindall. She started playing the piano at a young age, and switched to oboe when joining the junior high school band, because of her surname's place in alphabetical order, she was the last person able to choose an instrument and the only other one available was the bassoon. She attended theNorth Carolina School of the Arts from 1975 to 1978. She spent 21 years as a professional musician in New York City, playing with such groups as theNew York Philharmonic , presenting a critically acclaimed solo debut atCarnegie Recital Hall , and earning a jazz Grammy nomination. At age 40, she earned a journalism degree fromStanford University , and went on to write for the "New York Times ", "Agence France-Presse ", the "Los Angeles Times ", and the "International Herald Tribune ". In 2005 she authored "Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music" (Atlantic Monthly Press), a memoir of her experiences in theclassical music world.She was married to
Bill Nye (the Science Guy) on February 3, 2006 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11226109/] but it ended after seven weeks. [http://www.thedavidlawrenceshow.com/blair_tindall_tona_mondragon_and_khristian_leslie_006089.html] He was her fiance for five months before the marriage took place.External links
* [http://www.blairtindall.com/ Blair Tindall official website]
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