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20 min ago | Star-Telegram.com

14 burning questions about the 14th Cliburn Competition

Although the Cliburn competition has been around since 1962, it continues to evolve every four years, so each event is slightly different.

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Related Topix: Arts

4 hrs ago | The Montgomery Advertiser

Big screen sounds inspire symphony pops concert

One of the earliest original soundtracks written for a full-length motion picture was Max Steiner's score for "King Kong," in 1933.

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Related Topix: Arts, Soul, Max Steiner, Rap, The Maestro, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television

5 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Cliburn jury chairman: ties will not be permitted

Far from the splendor of the stage, 13 jurors watch and listen to every note of every performance of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

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Related Topix: Arts

9 hrs ago | SF Sentinel

San Francisco Symphony Announces Summer & The Symphony Concert Lineup - Updated

Two Concerts Of Video Games Live! , Battleship Potemkin Film, And Classical Concerts Are Highlights Of Summer and The Symphony With San Francisco Symphony Orchestra performs free concerts at Stern Grove Festival and in Dolores Park and presents annual Fourth of July concert with fireworks at Shoreline Amphitheatre; Orchestra to perform at America's ... (more)

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Related Topix: Empty Clip Studios, Arts, Video Games, Symphony, The Orchestra, Big-Band, Classical, San Francisco Symphony, Battleship, Activision, Magic Pockets, San Francisco, CA

13 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra premieres a new work by Steven Mackey

First, the piano illustrated a few hushed, tentative steps, hopping and plodding around.

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Related Topix: Arts, New Jersey, Music, Entertainment

18 hrs ago | The Press-Enterprise

REDLANDS: Violinist to perform in Claremont

The Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra, conducted by Roger Samuel, will present its season finale concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.

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Related Topix: Arts

22 hrs ago | The Courier Mailer

Zombies inspire Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra's spring concert

At Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra's spring concert on May 24, sisters Joanna and Jeannie Ceciliani will sing the love song "A AoeBarcarolle,"A A accompanied by the orchestra.

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Related Topix: Arts

Sat May 18, 2013

The Papillion Times

Bravura performance, surprise punctuate symphony concert

Friday night's opener of the Omaha Symphony's 2013-14 Masterworks finale was delightfully intimate and surprising - even though its drama, through no fault of the orchestra, seemed to flow in reverse.

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Related Topix: Arts, Classical, Stravinsky, Los Angeles, CA

Hays Daily News

Hays Symphony, FHSU choirs inspire all

A Saturday or two ago, the Hays Symphony Orchestra, the combined FHSU choirs and Smoky Hill Chorale, plus local and guest soloists, inspired each other and the audience in an unforgettable season-ending concert.

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Related Topix: Arts

Berkshire Eagle

Our Opinion: Boston Symphony's new director

After two years without a music director, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has one with the potential to carry the institution into a bold, vibrant future.

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Related Topix: Arts, James Levine, Opera, Opinion

Noozhawk

Gerald Carpenter: Santa Barbara Symphony Resurrects Mahler

At 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Granada Theatre , we will have the final pair of concerts from the Santa Barbara Symphony's 2012-13 season.

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Related Topix: Arts, Classical, Gustav Mahler

Patch.com

Final U City Symphony Concert of 2012-13 Season Is Sunday

The University City Symphony Orchestra , under the direction of Maestro Leon Burke III, will perform a free concert at All Saints Church in University City on Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. The concert is open to the public.

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Related Topix: Arts, University City, MO, Aaron Copland, Classical

Examiner.com

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra releases new recording

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra has released a new recording , nicely timed to coincide with the closing concert of its current season on Sunday, May 19, at Davies Symphony Hall.

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Related Topix: Arts, Europe, World News, Austria, San Francisco, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

The F-Word Blog

Aiming for the moon

Cazz Blase listens to Laura Mvula's debut album, Sing to the Moon, and finds there is much more to her wider output than the upbeat single 'Green Garden' would suggest Birmingham singer/songwriter Laura Mvula has a degree in composition from the Birmingham Conservatoire, learned the music composition app GarageBand while working as a supply teacher ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Cole Porter, Jazz, Erykah Badu, Black Entertainment, Soul, The 5th Dimension, Pop/Rock

BroadwayWorld.com

Marin Alsop Leads Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Orff's Carmina Burana, 6/6-6/9

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marin Alsop leads the BSO and soprano Robin Johannsen, tenor John Tessier and baritone Brian Mulligan in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana , on Thursday, June 6th at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, and Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 9th at 3 p.m. at the Joseph ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Carl Orff, Classical

SFBG Politics Blog

To twerk at the symphony: Tipping on the tightrope with Janelle Monae

There was a moment at Janelle Monae's show at the SF Symphony last night when it looked as if the diorama of world-class musicians behind the diminutive person in black-and-white striped shoes, pompadour, and endless progression of tailored tuxedo jackets was a natural growth.

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Related Topix: Arts

The Miami Herald

Japanese sisters take gold in Dranoff 2-piano finals

Japanese sisters Ayaka and Yuka Yamamoto, who have been performing together for four years as Duo Yamamoto, won the gold medal and $25,000 top prize Thursday night at the 12th Dranoff International 2 Piano Competition in Coral Gables.

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The Press-Enterprise

San Bernardino: Symphony season closes with massive works

"You can call it comfort food, if you like," said music director and conductor Frank Fetta about the program for the May 18 season finale concert of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra.

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Related Topix: Arts, San Bernardino, CA, Classical, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven

The Campbell Reporter

Lee Actor, Silicon Valley's accidental composer

Like faces on Mount Rushmore, images of the great composers are daunting, burned into our collective memory.

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Related Topix: Saratoga, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Arts, Cupertino, CA, Music, Entertainment

KSL-TV

Utah Symphony and Opera gives small performance to Alzheimer patients

Utah Symphony and Utah Opera musicians regularly perform in Abravanel Hall and the Capitol Theatre, but for the month of May they're taking their music on the road to help raise awareness Alzheimer's and dementia.

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Related Topix: Sundance Film Festival, Arts, Opera, Salt Lake City, UT