The concert invited them to imagine how some fascinating works must have come across when presented to European listeners as emblematic of American achievement in the early 20th century.
The shy, introverted Bob meets Doreen at a classical concert, invites her for dinner at his flat and gets his cocksure office chum, Ted, to come and do the cooking.
Carter is offering incentives for donations, including personal tweets, tickets to a Backstreet Boys concert, invites to the movie's premiere and a meet-and-greet with Carter, as well as a role in "Evil Blessings".
For example, a band using Bump at a concert could invite fans to come up to the merch table and 'Bump' with one of the workers to receive free MP3s, in exchange for automatically signing up for the band's mailing list.
After Joni Mitchell's manager heard my brunch show on the day of her concert, he invited me backstage.
Closing the concert, he invited then UN secretary general Kofi Annan on stage for a surprise appearance as a percussionist.
"I'm hoping that these people then start house concerts and invite James to perform at their homes for other audiences," Ms. Finkenberg said.
Ms. Matsukawa, who made the trip from Japan for the Grammy concert, was invited to sit among the players during rehearsals, and at the dress rehearsal on Friday morning she alternately beamed and wept.
Last June, she organized a Kosovo Relief Fund Concert and invited members of the Philadelphia Orchestra to perform in the concert, which was held in Haddonfield, where Ms. Baird lives with her family.
Mr. Ehrlich, who also produced the Jackson memorial in July, decided to take that 3-D footage, from Jackson's planned "This Is It" concerts, and invite Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood, whom he called some of Jackson's favorite singers, to accompany his taped voice.
