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Thursday Nov 26 | Stourbridgenews.co.uk

It's local and it's live

THE next Local and Live concert in Wollaston will feature cellist Corinne Frost and double bass player and guitarist Stephen Warner.

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Related Topix: Haydn, Classical

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Creative Loafing Atlanta

CL's picks for the week's best shows

DAVID GUETTA Famous for his "Fuck me, I'm famous" club parties and mix records, this Parisian DJ has been known as the first to spin house records in France.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Symphony, Arts, Bernstein, Classical, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Freep.com - RSS

DSO does jazzy, classical, Latin-tinged piano

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No.

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Related Topix: Michel Camilo, Jazz, Symphony, Arts, Classical, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jelly Roll Morton

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

A 20th Century Experience

David Itkin, music director and conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, leads his group in May.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Classical, Bartok, Bela Bartok, George Gershwin

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Marin Alsop's Shared Musical Roots

As the world becomes more globalized and generic, it's easy to lose our sense of individuality.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Musical Theater, Theater

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Examiner.com

Paul McCartney honored with prestigious Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by Library of Congress

Paul McCartney Paul McCartney has been named the third recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, it was announced Monday by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Classical

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Middletown Journal

MSO pops guest gives voice to depth of Gershwin legacy

The Middletown Symphony Orchestra's got rhythm, it's got music, and it's got a woman on vocals for its annual Conductor Auction Pops concert Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Classical, Middletown, OH, Symphony, Arts, Conductor, Merv Griffin, Israel, World News, Music, Entertainment

Fri Nov 13, 2009

NPR

George Gershwin (center) with brother Ira (right) and Fred Astaire

George Gershwin with brother Ira and Fred Astair on the Hollywood set of the musical Shall We Dance , 1937.

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Related Topix: Classical, George Gershwin, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Shall We Dance, Musical Movies, Fred Astaire, Jazz, Biography Movies, Rhapsody in Blue

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Pianist shows jazzy side in Gershwin

"He has such a flourish about him, doesn't he?" That's Marin Alsop , speaking about Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the French pianist with the scintillant technique, refined musicality and really great clothes.

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Related Topix: Classical, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Symphony, Arts, Baltimore Metro, Decca, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Rhapsody in Blue, Entertainment

This Is Grimsby

Crowd pleasers have made a mark

Crowd pleasers Graffiti Classics are making a welcome return to Louth. The musical quartet is renowned for its riotous mix of music, comedy and dancing, giving classical music a whole new meaning.

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Related Topix: Classical, Strauss, Ravel

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Island Packet

Pianist Xiayin Wang: "What one can do with music has no boundaries"

The Chinese-born, America-based pianist Xiayin Wang is receiving rave reviews for her new CD of the work of Alexander Scriabin.

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Related Topix: Classical, Scriabin, Alexander Scriabin, Haydn, Chopin, Bach

Fri Oct 30, 2009

WTKS-FM Maitland

You Can't Get What... - Joe Jack...

In his 1999 memoir, -A Cure for Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage, Joe Jackson writes approvingly of George Gershwin as a musician who kept one foot in the popular and one in the classical realms of music.

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Related Topix: Classical, George Gershwin

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Variety

DreamWorks cues up Gershwin

DreamWorks is tuning up a biopic on composer George Gershwin. Company has picked up a screenplay by "Memoirs of a Geisha" scribe Doug Wright about the iconic musician.

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Related Topix: Classical, George Gershwin

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Forward

More Than Just 'The Dybbuk'

For frenziedly creative polymaths, the French may have Jean Cocteau, but the Jews have Belarus-born Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport, who wrote poems, fiction, ethnography and plays under the pen name S. An-sky . Of these, indubitably the most famous is An-sky's still-popular 1914 Russian play "The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds," the story of a young bride ...

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Related Topix: Leonard Bernstein, Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Classical, Copland, George Gershwin

Sat Oct 24, 2009

LancasterEagleGazette

Pianist crosses lines between tradition and pop culture

LANCASTER -- Classical music with a twist is how some people might describe the performances that professional pianist Rudolf Budginas gives his audiences.

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Related Topix: Lancaster, OH, Classical, Beethoven, Johnny Cash, Country

Thu Oct 22, 2009

All About Jazz

Ed Palermo Big Band: Eddy Loves Frank

Ian is dedicated to the promotion of jazz all over the world and to catching just a little piece of it for himself.

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Related Topix: The Big Band, Jazz, Frank Zappa, Pop/Rock, Duke Ellington, Classical, Samuel Barber

Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Victoria Star

Marc Anthony to Charlie Pride, Obamas big on White House gigs showcasing arts

Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house - well, really the tent.

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Related Topix: Marc Anthony, Latin, Country, Charlie Pride, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Classical, Aventura

Mon Oct 19, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

'Pianopalooza' coming to BRPAC

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. The Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center will present "Pianopalooza," four nights of piano concerts to wow and entertain the area's piano music lovers.

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Related Topix: Classical, Beethoven, Mozart, Tennessee

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Columbian

Weekend fun

The Miss Clark County Outstanding Teen Pageant and Miss Clark County Pageant are today.

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Related Topix: Clark County, WA, Classical, George Gershwin, Canada, Vancouver, WA

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Richmond County Daily Journal

A cappella group to perform at Cole

Harmonies will fill the Robert L. and Elizabeth S. Cole Auditorium at Richmond Community College as the a cappella group Chapter 6 performs at 3 p.m. on Oct.

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Related Topix: Classical, Illinois

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