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Aaron chats with UNC music professor emeritus Allen Anderson, who’s written a new composition inspired by the Ackland Art Museum’s exhibition “Arranged: Recent Acquisitions of Modern and Contemporary Paintings.” The piece will premiere in the Ackland galleries on Sunday, August 25, from 2:00-4:30 p.m. as part of the museum’s free Music in the Galleries series.

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