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Dec 5, 2003
"Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame." --Lydia M. Child
Power of Genius
Matt Savage launched his jazz career by attempting to improve a Schubert sonata. His piano teacher told him that the G-sharp he just played was supposed to be a G-natural. "It sounds better my way," he protested. She replied that only when he wrote his own music could he take liberties with a score. Keen on taking liberties, he became a jazz composer. He released his fifth album this year, making guest appearances on the Today show, 20/20, and NPR. Recently, his trio booked two shows at the Blue Note in New York City. Matt is a perseverative hyperlexic with pervasive developmental disorder and in May, he will celebrate his 12th birthday.
BE THE CHANGE
In a fetal brain, 250,000 neurons are born each minute, all engaged in a fierce Darwinian contest to realize interconnectedness. Autistic savants, like Matt Savage, have miswired neurons and extraordinary gifts, which scientists haven't understood yet. Study the brain. More ...
