Talk:Joshua Bell

I am sure he was born in 1970
His date is correct, but incorrect is 1967.

No...
The entry is correct; Joshua Bell's birth year is, indeed, 1967.

Josh Groban duet
Josh's regular page & Closer album page link here so I figured it should link back... :-) Danypo


 * In the picture Bell looks very young for someone approaching 40, can we find a more recent picture? Turidoth 05:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll look for something more recent. Don't know how much luck I will have. I've seen Bell in concert several times and met him afterwards. No stage makeup, regular street clothes. He really does look that young. -- SweetTalker 20:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Religion
Please balance Bell's heritage from his mother with the mention of his heritage from his father, which has been (?unconsciously) erased by its nonmention. If unknown (since the name Bell could be a changed name), perhaps a note to this effect should be inserted into the text. 69.116.150.25 00:43, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

As he provided the soundtrack to the movie "The Red Violin" which was nominated for an Oscar for "best foreign film (Canada)", shouldn't this be mentioned? Canking 21:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Bell did not provide the score to "The Red Violin", composer John Corigliano did. Bell was the solo violinist and received screen credit for his work for "The Red Violin". However, his work to the soundtrack was a major contribution for which he has received much acclaim, a personal 'shout out' if you will by Corgiliano when accepting the Academy Award for the score for the film and other credit so it should be noted it not already. Sweet Talker 12:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

SweetTalker 20:15, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Bell is not a changed name. Bell's father, the late Dr. Alan P. Bell was professor emeritus at Indiana University and a former Kinsey researcher. It is common knowledge that Dr. Bell was an Episcopalian minister before meeting Bell's mother who was and is Jewish. Dr. Bell converted to Judaism and Joshua Bell considers his heritage as Jewish. Dr. Alan and Dr. Shirley Bell's academic credentials as well as Joshua Bell's personal status as an umarried man are well known and documented several times so the constant deletion is puzzling.

Shirley Bell is not a "Dr." Alan Bell never converted to Judaism.

Dr. Shirley Bell IS a Dr, however she told me personally after one of her son's concerts that she does not like to be called Dr. Bell "Just Shirley is ok".

Dr. Alan P. Bell did convert to Judaism and the Bell children were raised Jewish.

Well, I'm a family member and SHE IS NOT A DR.!!! She has a masters degree. Nor did Alan convert, nor were the children raised Jewish.

Sweet Talker 21:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC) I imagine anyone could claim they are a family member and make the same claims.

Just as any idiot with access to a mouth and computer can make unsubstantiated claims. Alan would laugh at the thought of his being anything but an embrasser of all religions. But converting to Judaism, never. He was an Episcopal priest first and always.

Embrasser is not a word in the English language. I think you meant to say "embracer". Also, you must not have read the Jewish Journal from Oct. 2006 in which Bell clearly talks about his Jewish heritage, his being raised Jewish and has been known on at least one account of making a joke about never having his own bar mitzvah.

I read the article. Joshua does not say he is Jewish, as much as you wish he was. He is proud of both his parents and their heritages. I have known Shirley for many years and she has a masters degree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Utahmomma (talk • contribs) 17:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Sweet Talker 23:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC) Glad you read the article. Joshua Bell is Jewish. Dr. Bell has always been referred to societal circles as Dr. Bell. You can argue that you're her pal, but why would her pal come here and insist that her children are not Jewish. Since I do not practice the Jewish faith, I am puzzled as to why you think I wish that Joshua was. I find your comment "as much as you wish he was" and your vehemence that Joshua Bell is not Jewish to be very disturbing.

SweetTalker: Until you showed you face, I had never in any manner or converstaion or any way ever heard Shirley refered to as "Dr.". And I have known her for more than 30 years. Can you say the same? I didn't think so. You state that her "Dr." status is well documented. Please site your source(s). Ditto for your Jewish fantasy. Please define "being Jewish" as more than just a publicity statement in this instance. I consider myself more Jewish (and I am Jewish) than those to whom you proscribe such attachments. It never ceases to amaze me how idiotic some people are with more time on their hands involving themselves in matters they know little about.

Sweet Talker 22:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC) What is idiotic about this is how you come here with your own undocumented claims, personal attacks and name calling (all against Wikipedia standards of conduct) and then, as an extra measure of your lack of credibility, you refuse to even sign your name to these attacks. On the Wiki article itself, the Jewish Journal article, Joshua Bell describes being Jewish and being raised in a Jewish family. Have you known Dr. Shirley Bell for 30 years or are you the one who claims to be a family member? Are you also insinuating that Joshua Bell is claiming he is Jewish as a publicity stunt? Bell has never lowered himself to using publicity stunts and I fail to see where professing the Jewish faith has become that. Anyone in the classical music circles refers to his parents at Dr. Anyone in classical music circles knows he's Jewish and that Dr. Shirley Bell is Jewish. They also know Joshua is a new father. You can call me all the names and attack me personally all you want. The facts are there.


 * References have been added that state what faith Bell identifies with. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Ridiculously long quote removed
There was no reason to include the entirety of Bell's "open letter" from his website. Most of it was minutiae ("Thanks to my fans"). The only notable material was about the unconventional parenting arrangement with his former girlfriend, and that was completely redundant with the quote from the BBC interview. —johndburger 03:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

WristStrong
I like Stephen Colbert as much as the next guy, but is the really noteworthy? —96.225.27.228 (talk) 20:40, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Subway performance?
No mention of the performance he did in the Washington subway station as a social experiment? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html 24.77.31.70 (talk) 06:51, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It's there, in the "Career" section. Hekerui (talk) 08:17, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

What was the point of the experiment in the first place?

Requested moves

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. Favonian (talk) 21:53, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

– The violinist... I don't know how primary this topic is. Beware: I'm merely proposing out of curiosity; I am not favoring or opposing this proposal. Simply I want a consensus about this. What do you say? George Ho (talk) 09:40, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Joshua Bell → Joshua Bell (violinist)
 * Joshua Bell (disambiguation) → Joshua Bell
 * Oppose; Bell is among the most famous classical musicians in the world. None of the options even come close to comparing, IMO.  Powers T 15:25, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It's fine as it stands, the (justly) celebrated Joshua Bell as primary topic. If it ain't broke, why ask if it needs fixing? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose – In comparison to the 2 other persons named Joshua Bell, the violinist is clearly the primary topic. The same applies to the other 3 persons who have a distinguishing middle name. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 10:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Assessment
I have reassessed this article as a "start" article. Although there are quite a few refs, there are large swaths of the article that are entirely unreferenced, there is a long "discography" list of recordings that did not chart, and there is hardly any information about Bell's major performances with major orchestras. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

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School name
There may be some Wikipedia policy on this of which I am unaware, but when Josh Bell attended IU, it was still called the Indiana University School of Music. It wasn't renamed as the Jacobs School of Music until many years later. I am not at all sure this even matters. Cynwolfe (talk) 15:57, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

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