10 Things You Didn't Know About...... Johann Sebastian Bach

1. He had 20 kids! (...and you think your family fights over bathroom time?)

2. The huge HUGE HUGE Bach family produced over 50 notable musicians throughout the years.

3. He was once thrown in jail for a month! (Not too exciting - some naughty Duke wanted to stop him from accepting a better job, so he threw Bach behind bars.)

4. In the last year of his life, he went blind. Bach even tried getting an operation by the same doctor who operated on Handel's eyes, but the surgery was unsuccessful. It was an unsuccessful surgery for Handel too. What's up, Doc?

5. At Bach's older brother's wedding, he met Johann Pachelbel, composer of the infamous Pachelbel Canon in D.

6. Bach married his cousin! Her name was Maria Barbara Bach, and she was his second cousin.

7. Bach was married twice. When his first wife died, he married Anna Magdalena Wilcke (the daughter of the town trumpeter).

8. Bach's music is very popular for weddings around the world.

9. His favorite restaurant was Taco Bell.

10. Fact #9 is a lie. (...but if he were alive now, it's highly possible!)

Welcome Gustavo Dudamel!

You have seen his wacky hair on television and splashed across the pages of newspapers and magazines. His name is on the tip of everyone's tongue.

Who is he? Gustavo Dudamel!

What's the buzz? He came to Los Angeles!

Does this have anything to do with PCYO? Uh huh!

This classical music legend is now the head conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and you can see him live. But it's his YOUTH ORCHESTRA that's made him who he is.

Just like you, he was smart and started his music education early. He liked violin and composition. Then, In 1999, he was appointed music director of the Orquestra Sinfonica Simon Bolivar, the national youth orchestra of Venezuela.

That's right, Venezuela rules because they have a national youth orchestra. Don't you wish Obama would set that kind of system in place? Start writing letters!

Gustavo Dudamel worked closely with his youth orchestra and tuned them into such astounding performers, they toured all around the world! Don't you wish you could do that? Skipping your home-cooked brussels sprouts for pizza...in Italy! For sushi...in Japan! For...well, you get the idea.

Gustavo Dudamel and his youth orchestra are a shining example of what we can be one day, if we keep practicing and remember to love what we do. Check out their unbelievable performance right HERE.

Welcome to Los Angeles Gustavo Dudamel!