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15 hrs ago | Poughkeepsie Journal

Childs' grand 'Dance' gets makeover at SummerScape

A seminal work of post-modern dance from 1979 that has been reconstructed and remastered using the latest technology fits in perfectly with the theme of rediscoveries this season at Bard College's SummerScape.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance, Modern Dance, Bard College, Classical, Pop/Rock, Sol, Richard Wagner, Opera

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Telluride Watch

Philip Glass Wishes He Had Time to Take a Four-Hour Hike

Telluride Musicfest 2006 A shot of Ajax Peak in the window framed Philip Glass's morose, weathered face as he sat down in Musicfest presenter Josh Aronson's sparse Telluride home.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Truman Show, Symphony, Arts, Theater, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Jul 08, 2009

New York Times

An Acrobatic Approach to a Ruminative Tale of Love

The struggling New York City Opera should take heart from its "people's opera " counterpart in London, the English National Opera.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Theater, Classical, Music, Entertainment

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Jazz & Blues Music Reviews

David Crowell Ensemble - Spectrum

Playing modern classical music with the likes of Philip Glass and Steve Reich has given saxophonist and composer David Crowell a unique perspective on jazz and improvisational music.

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Related Topix: Classical, Steve Reich

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Philly.com

Dynamic duo collaborate on a musical

A lit-smart coming-of-age story where money, lust, suicide, and angst intertwine - this isn't an episode of Gossip Girl or a bad day on The Hills .

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock, Duncan Sheik, Classical, New York Metro

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Q&A with Philip Glass

Composer Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet perform Glass' score for Dracula on Friday at Jack Singer Concert Hall.

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Related Topix: Classical, Horror Movies, Short, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

MCA series lands wide-ranging talent

The Museum of Contemporary Art's performance program has evolved into one of Chicago's finest and most continually surprising showcases of all things international, experimental, multidisciplined, multiethnic and flat out intriguing.

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Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Theater, Arts, Classical, Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, Tribal, Dance, Sol, Pop/Rock, Entertainment

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Review: American twist on Indian classics

Present Music paired music by Terry Riley and Philip Glass with Indian classical music Saturday at Turner Hall, on the sensible theory that both American minimalists had studied Indian music extensively and were influenced by it.

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Related Topix: Classical, Entertainment

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Tallahassee Democrat

True fans will get swept up in this Philip Glass menagerie

I became a true devotee of composer Philip Glass when I dragged a date to see a rare performance of the Glass-Robert Wilson opera "The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down" in the late '80s at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Related Topix: Classical, Arts, Opera, Tallahassee Metro, Tallahassee, FL

Sun Jun 07, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Present Music announces lineup

Burkina Electric, which has been called a oean irresistible brew of West African and electronica,a is the Present Music guest band Feb.

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Related Topix: Classical, Shankar, Ravi Shankar, Jazz, Terry Riley, Saxophone, Entertainment

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Philly.com

Music critics' picks

Don't let Grizzly Bear 's name confuse you. There's nothing vicious about this buzz-worthy band, though drummer Christopher 's last name, coincidentally, is Bear .

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Related Topix: Classical, North Carolina

Sat May 30, 2009

The New Zealand Herald

The Juniper Tree, Philip Glass: In The Upper Room

Philip Glass' music was such unbridled fun in the 1980s with its bright, bouncing, beach-ball harmonies and chord sequences that could have bopped in from a Carole King song.

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri May 29, 2009

Texas Public Radio

DVD Review a " Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts , references one of Philip Glass' major compositions from the 1970s, Music in Twelve Parts .A That enormous work features Glass' signature arpeggiated melodies and subtly shifting harmonic structures.A The documentary is itself divided into twelve parts, roughly breaking up into snapshots of the ...

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed May 27, 2009

WNYC-AM New York

Rock opera - I know it when I see it. I think...

Rock has become so good at grand, anthemic statements - the kind that can fill a stadium with 60,000 screaming fans - that it already operates on a grand opera-like stage.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, Robert Ashley, Pop/Rock, The Pink Floyd

Mon May 25, 2009

Surrey Hants Star

'People may be horrified'

'There will be people who are horrified by these ideas' As he prepares for a London appearance this weekend, Philip Glass discusses the state of modern music with fellow composer Nico Muhly Nico Muhly I worked for Philip Glass from 1999 until 2008 in his studio in SoHo, in New York City.

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Related Topix: Classical, Home Listing, Home

Sat May 23, 2009

Forward

Philip Glass's American Life

Published May 21, 2009, issue of May 29, 2009 . "GLASS ON GLASS" - A COMPOSER PERFORMS AND MUSES ABOUT HIS WORK Karen Leon Glass Family : Philip Glass, left, was interviewed by his cousin, Ira Glass, Right.

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Related Topix: Classical, Theater, Arts, New York

Thu May 21, 2009

The Independent

Philip Glass: 'I train like an athlete'

The world's most austere composer drove taxis until he was 42. He reveals how his fastidious life informs his music Getty Images Glass says: 'The idea that artwork consisted of a transaction is the essence of postmodernism.

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed May 20, 2009

New York Times

Philip Glass, in the Round and Seated

The conductor Brad Lubman formed the new-music chamber orchestra Signal just over a year ago, and it is already considered one of the most vital groups of its kind.

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Related Topix: Classical, Arts, Symphony, Music, Entertainment

Mon May 18, 2009

South China Morning Post

Dangerous when wet

Once condemned as an instrument of the devil because of the belief that its sound could damage mental health, the glass harmonica, invented by US founding father Benjamin Franklin, almost died out in the 19th century.

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Related Topix: Classical, Mozart, Hasse, Haydn, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Marie Antoinette, Inventions, Science / Technology

Wed May 13, 2009

Ashtabula Star-Beacon

Random 8s in final weekend on stage

Ballet Theatre Ashtabula presents its final performances of its annual spring ballet at the Ashtabula Arts Center today through Sunday.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Classical, Random, Ashtabula, OH, The String Quartet, Family, Kids, Entertainment

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