Award-winning Concert Band Conductor Gives Shen Yun High Praise
David Lum and his family attended the Saturday afternoon show of Shen Yun Performing Arts at Sony Centre, Jan.
View ArticleMadame Walker Theatre Center Streams President Obama's Inauguration Today
Hairspray: In Concert! will premiere with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra tonight, Jan.
View ArticleKSO Guest Conductor This Week: Toshiyuki Shimada
A packed work schedule doesn't necessarily indicate a great conductor, but in the case of Toshiyuki Shimada , it certainly does.
View ArticleYoung cellist used talent, desire and effort to work his way into orchestra
Despite growing up in the relative classical-music isolation of Oklahoma City, his desire, talent and resourcefulness helped Roman play his way into the principal cellist's role with the Seattle...
View ArticleSkyrim Composer Invites Facebook to Elder Scrolls Concert
Conductor Jeremy Soule wants to know if you'd be interested in joining him for a live performance of music from Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim in New York City.
View ArticleCharles Dutoit conducts the San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony welcomes guest conductor, Charles Dutoit , this week and next, for a two-program series of concerts, the first of which features the music of Ravel, Lalo and Elgar, with...
View ArticleAfghan orchestra set to hit the right notes
Al Jazeera 01/31/2013 By Jennifer Glasse [Printer Friendly Version] In a crowded rehearsal room at Afghanistan's National Institute of Music, the country's first post-Taliban orchestra is preparing for...
View ArticleHannu Lintu Leads Stephen Hough, BSO in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, Feb. 7-9
Conductor Hannu Lintu will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and pianist Stephen Hough in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore and...
View ArticleMontego Glover, Marin Mazzie, Ashley Brown & More Set for New York Pops'...
On October 4, 2013, The New York Pops orchestra - famous for presenting popular programs with a symphony orchestra of the highest quality - will launch its 31st season, a Carnegie Hall series...
View ArticleMaestro Stephen Simon remembered
Conductor Stephen Simon passed away on Jan. 20. He died of a stroke in New York City at age 75.
View ArticleConductor led a Handel revival in the U.S.
Stephen Simon, a conductor who in the 1970s and afterward helped spirit the Handel revival into being in the United States, died on Jan.
View ArticleConductor was an expert in the works of Handel
Stephen Simon, a conductor who became a leading specialist in the compositions of George Frideric Handel and founded musical ensembles in Washington and New York, died Jan.
View ArticleCommuting costs more than you know
FEBRUARY 01: Retired Amtrak conductor Tom Savio talks with Metro-North Railroad representative Melvin Johnson in Grand Central Terminal during centennial celebrations on the day the famed Manhattan...
View ArticleHannu Lintu Leads Stephen Hough, BSO in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, Now...
Conductor Hannu Lintu will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and pianist Stephen Hough in Liszt's Second Piano Concerto on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. at The Music Center at Strathmore and...
View ArticleConductor, Julliard emeritus James...
One of the early African-American conductors of a major orchestra and National Medal of Arts winner James DePreist has died at age 76.
View ArticleConductor, Julliard emeritus James DePreist dies
DePreist's wife, Ginette DePreist, told The Oregonian her husband had been in and out of the hospital since a massive heart attack last March followed by open-heart surgery.
View ArticleNow Playing Onstage in Mesa - Week of 2/10/2013
Bill Cosby in Broadway" border="0" height="100" width="100" align="right"> Bill Cosby Mesa Arts Center, Ikeda Theater 2/14-2/14/2013 Last season, Bill Cosby was the first show to sell out and he...
View ArticleGive that man a baton
Talk about a funny Valentine. The Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, under its new Music Director and Conductor Matthew Oberstein, presents its Winter Concert Sunday.
View ArticleOPINION: Letter: Columbus Philharmonic cultural asset to city
I was going to write an Orchid to Elizabeth Newton on her fine review of Saturday's Columbus Philharmonic presentation "Live from New York!" but decided there was too much to be said to fit in an Orchid.
View ArticleConcert was challenging but mostly 'fun'
The Huntington Beach Union High School District presented its 28th annual Honor Band Concert on Feb.
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