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3 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Audra McDonald returns with new, personal CD

That's because the five-time Tony Award winner has programed the ring tone for both to be The Carpenters' hit version of " Close to You." For more revealing things about McDonald look no further than her new CD and televised concert.

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Related Topix: Private Practice, Live From Lincoln Center, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Audra McDonald, Stephen Sondheim, Theater, Porgy and Bess

7 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

At only 7, half-Egyptian Amira steals the show with her mad violin skillz

Amira Abouzahra performs with Tino Oac, vocalist from a popular German band, SA hne Mannheimsat.

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Sun May 19, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

2013 Tony Nominees and More Set for Birdland Jazz Club, Now thru 5/26

Birdland Jazz Club has announced their exciting line-up of extraordinary talent for May 20 - May 26, 2013.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Pop/Rock, The Beatles

Blackburn Citizen

Tragic tale of Darwen boys inspires new piece of music

THE story of three young boys who died in a blizzard on Darwen's moors has inspired a renowned musician to compose a piece of classical music.

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Related Topix: Lancashire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

The Jersey Journal

Things to do in Warren County on Sunday, May 19

Take a look at some of the best in photographs sent to the Warren Reporter during the week of May 13-17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Warren County, NJ, Allamuchy, NJ, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt

Staffordshire Newsletter

Julian Smith in Concert

Saxophonist Julian Smith is making a welcome return to the Lichfield Garrick on Saturday 1 June with his band and a special guest vocalist.

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Related Topix: Saxophone

Opera News

Andris Nelsons Appointed Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director

Nelsons, 34, will be the youngest music director to lead the BSO in more than a century when he assumes the post in the 2014-15 season.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, Opera, Symphony Hall (Boston, MA), Boston, MA

Ludlow Advertiser

Tenbury Town Band celebrate 30th birthday

Former members of the Worcestershire and Sherwood foresters regimental band joined the band as well as singer Derek White who sang One Moment in Time and Cry me a River.

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Related Topix: Worcestershire County, England, United Kingdom, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Sat May 18, 2013

Examiner.com

Superstar soprano Kathleen Battle returns to Strathmore in evening of spirituals

Superstar soprano Kathleen Battle brings her "Underground Railroad" program back to the Music Center at Strathmore .

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Related Topix: Underground Railroad, Symphony, Arts, Cyrus Chestnut, Jazz, Opera

Blogio Oddio

Pierrot Lunaire

In 1884, Pierrot Lunaire: Rondels Bergamasques , a collection of 50 poems by symbolist Belgian poet Albert Giraud was published.

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Related Topix: Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg, Dallas, TX

National Public Radio

After Health Issues, Influential Conductor Back At Met Opera

Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine's return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two years.

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The Press-Enterprise

San Jacinto: Diamond Valley Community Orchestra to perform

The Diamond Valley Community Orchestra, formerly known as the Golden Eagle Orchestra, performs Sunday, May 19, at Mt.

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Related Topix: San Jacinto, CA, Mozart, Bizet, Schubert, Sibelius, Strauss

Eastern Daily Press

Conflict and battle played out through music and dance in Norwich concert

And with the promise of classical music mixed with break dancing and a Brazilian martial arts dance form, the audience looks set to enjoy a diverse and dynamic show from this vibrant young London-based orchestra.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance, Greater London County, England, United Kingdom, Symphony

Seattle Times

Music rivals, Esperanto and new works on Seattle stages

Arriving this week on Seattle stages: a play partly written in Esperanto, a romp with J.S. Bach and some of his musical rivals, and the latest Hedgebrook festival of new works by esteemed women dramatists.

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Related Topix: Bach, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, World News, Germany, Entertainment

Fri May 17, 2013

Daily Times Leader

Legendary piano graces Clay County

A Steinway & Sons piano that belonged to legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz has been touring the country, and on Tuesday evening, the piano was featured in West Point for a reception hosted by the Mississippi State University College of Education and Department of Music.

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Related Topix: Clay County, MS, Vladimir Horowitz, Horowitz, West Point, MS, Mississippi State University

Pasadena Weekly

Oh, Yu

Area classical music lovers have long been blessed with the presence of two world-class orchestras - the California Philharmonic and the Pasadena Symphony and POPS.

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Related Topix: Arts, Symphony, Pasadena, CA

Examiner.com

Emily Blunt and Christine Baranski to join Rob Marshall's 'Into the Woods'

What's better than a musical? A star-studded cast in a musical, of course! Ever since "Chicago," Rob Marshall has made a name for himself, winning the Oscar for Best Picture back in 2003.

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Related Topix: Nine, Christine Baranski, Stephen Sondheim

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: Symphony, Arts, San Bernardino, CA, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven

Music and Vision Daily

Classical Music News - Maxim Vengerov Festival

Siberian-born Russian violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov came back completely rejuvenated in 2011 from the long hiatus he'd taken to cure psychological burnout and shoulder injury.

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Related Topix: Maxim Vengerov, World News, Japan, Symphony, Arts

BroadwayWorld.com

Capathia Jenkins, Clint Holmes & More Set for FRANK & FRIENDS at Birdland, 5/20

The Broadway at Birdland partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn continues with another "Frank & Friends" concert on Monday, May 20 at 7pm, featuring Broadway performer Capathia Jenkins and supperclub star Clint Holmes , with Wildhorn at the piano.

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Related Topix: Frank Wildhorn