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Byline: Steven Brown
Apr. 28--The conductor huddled with a violinist to deal with one of the music's finer points. He looked up from the music stand and smiled at her.
"It's hard to play music this early in the morning, isn't it?" he asked.
She nodded -- even though she must be more accustomed than he to functioning at 8 a.m. After all, she always has to be at school then.
Two segments of the music world were coming face to face. Alexander Kordzaia, conductor of the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, was rehearsing seventh- and eighth-grade string players from Albemarle Road Middle School. He was preparing them for this Sunday afternoon, when they -- along with…