Barber News

Patricia Barber has been singing the Cole Porter repertoire for 25 years. She's at ThA©A tre Maisonneuve Friday, July 10.

Canadian musicians Elephant Stone, Clues and Jill Barber are all on the cusp of major success.

The national anthem isn't the only patriotic song to celebrate on Canada Day. Canada's ever-bustling indie rock and pop music scene is always mining new gems - for evidence, just spend a night online listening to the longlist nominees for the Polaris Prize, which is awarded annually to the best Canadian album on artistic merits, not commercial ...

Travelers to Israel this summer can experience three days of classical and contemporary jazz music at the 5th Annual Jazz Festival at Caesarea Harbor .

Picture this: a ballet contrasting classical with modern movement paired with the earliest Romantic story ballet.

For its season-ender, El Camino Youth Symphony , showcases three young musicians: cellist Jennifer Choi and violinists Timothy Yu and Eric Jiang.

La Sylphide, widely regard as the oldest ballet in the classical repertoire, returns to the Academy of Music after a 21-year absence.

The summer music scene is sizzling in the London region. Rock legends, opera, country hunks, folk icons and more are all part of the mix.

German composer Felix Mendelssohn was born in February 1809. Austrian composer Joseph Haydn died in May 1809.

The Philadelphia Music Project , a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, has awarded $1,179,675 to 19 local music organizations in support of 118 concerts and residency programs spanning traditional and contemporary forms of classical, jazz, and world music.

There's a feast of stars and big events to look forward to this summer form the West End to the multiplex The hottest books From Lynn Barber's forthcoming memoir to the new Thomas Pynchon novel, Louise Wise looks ahead The hottest comedy Stephen Armstrong recommends Al Murray, Reginald D Hunter, Joan Rivers and a plethora of others The hottest pop ...

Theater isn't the only thing to be found this weekend on Topeka's stages. There is music, too, including the following: * Topeka Symphony Orchestra wraps up its 2008-09 season with "Keyboard Kalaidescope" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in White Concert Hall on the campus of Washburn University.

Cityfolk continues the Celebrating Billy Strayhorn series with two film screenings, a seminar with one of the foremost authorities on Strayhorn's life and a concert featuring Strayhorn's work.

The Do's and Don'ts of attending the symphony are pretty simple: do remain seated during a performance, don't applaud between movements, and, whatever you do, don't ever arrive late.

Very few contemporary musicians imbue Impressionism in the truly classical sense of the term.

Longmont Suzuki Strings will present the concert, "Play for Peace," featuring more than 75 student musicians from all over the Front Range, with teaching faculty including Barbara Barber of Estes Park.

Tucson Chamber Artists "Re:Inspire a ' American Masterpieces." a When and where: 7 p.m. today at Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior, 555 S. La CaA ada Drive, Green Valley; 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Grace St.

Calima conveys the idea of observing a breathtaking peninsula. Its impressions of expanse, tranquility and scenery are musically presented by Diego Barber, a gifted classically trained jazz guitarist who draws inspiration from both Bach and Miles Davis, but whose music contains visions that are uniquely his own.

Comedian Julian Clary is the biggest name among early bookings for this summer's Chichester Festivities.

Music has been in Patricia Barber's blood since she was 5 years old. ``My dad taught me to play the piano,'' Barber said.