Composer Leonard Bernstein's children request his music be played in the Kennedy Center in 'rebuke' to Trump

The children of composer Leonard Bernstein — Nina Bernstein Simmons, Alexander Bernstein and Jamie Bernstein — made a case for their father's music being performed at the Kennedy Center despite controversy over President Donald Trump's takeover of the music and arts venue. 

"Since President Trump has asserted control over the center, making himself chairman and purging its board and administration in favor of his loyalists, a number of artists (though certainly not all) have severed ties...