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On Thursday 1 August, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made its annual appearance at the BBC Proms with a concert of Ives, Ravel, Debussy and Tchaikovsky, with Music Director Vasily Petrenko conducting and pianist Denis Kozhukhin.

 After three strokes, Jenni Moore is still keeping a beat and a smile.

In an AdventHealth Central Florida neurology wing, Moore was jamming away on a xylophone with the hospital’s developing program “Strokestra,” an ensemble of musicians and stroke patients making music to encourage positive healing.

With a new BBC Proms season underway, new research reveals that a record number of British adults want to experience an orchestral concert – and the classical genre is also rising in popularity relative to other styles of popular music.