By Dave Herrera REPORTER Over 200 people flowed into Kobacker Hall Friday to hear Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the late and legendary composer Leonard Bernstein, speak about her father’s life, her life with him and her love of his music. Leonard Bernstein is probably best known as the writer of “West Side Story,” later made into an Academy Award-winning film. He conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as its music director for 11 years, and would write over 40 original works before his death in 1990. Jamie Bernstein’s speech, “10 Prerequisites to Being a Great Music Educator,” was part of the College of Musical Arts’ Band Music Reading and Directors Clinic. It was only the latest appearance on her nonstop tour of sorts to preserve her father’s legacy, which she says has been slowly declining into the 20th century.
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