Symphony News

Conductor and NYP composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg guided the audience in with a brief onstage conversation with each piece's composer.

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA While the ASO Chorus is in Germany cavorting with the Berlin Philharmonic, the ASO plays holiday pops with a dancing Santa, a juggler, and guest high school choruses.

There have been many famous conductor-pianists - Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn and Philippe Entremont - to name a few.

Some of those familiar red kettles from the Salvation Army are getting a makeover to take credit card donations.

For the third consecutive classical weekend, Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Leonard Slatkin has been replaced on the podium as he convalesces from a heart attack suffered Nov.

Music A concerto with baroque and modern influences Conductor Peter Oundjian and violinist Robert McDuffie present composer Philip Glass to a cheering Toronto Symphony Orchestra audience after Wednesdaya s performance of The American Four Seasons.

An expectant hush fell over the audience as the director of the chamber ensemble, Ge Wang, came out and asked them to turn off their cellphones.

It's every student musician's dream, and it's coming true for nine talented teens at Broadneck High School.

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems , a leading digital imaging and informatics company, today announced that its revolutionary new portable imaging device, the OIS EyeScan, has received 510 market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .

The Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra is proud to announce an upcoming Symphonic Pops Concert featuring special guest artist, "America's Got Talent winner," Neal E. Boyd, at 8 p.m. Feb.

Musician Chip Davis, center, shares a light moment with members of Mannheim Steamroller group that will perform in Prescott Valley on Dec.

Just about everyone's experiencing economic difficulties now on some level, and the dance students and faculty at Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance are creating their own expression of that in Dance '09: Dancing on a Dime.

The pair, who have been together for over 10 years, are known for creating innovative chill-out electronica with distinct synth-flavoured grooves and electronically treated voices.

Here are some numbers to chew on: estimated audience for Shanghai Symphony, Wednesday night, Nov.

Musicians from all over Europe are heading to Yorkshire for Britaina TMs largest and most ambitious festival of new music.

All kudos to the Shanghai Symphony's musical grit - a debut concert at Carnegie Hall Tuesday night, and the very next night they turn up in Worcester at Mechanics Hall, summoned here by Music Worcester Inc., ever-canny at booking what's hot in the classical universe.

Mason Bates is probably the only DJ who gets props from both the downtown dance community and ritzy classical society.

From left, Barron Guss, president and CEO of Altres; Rick Lui, system administrator; Madhu Lundquist, senior Web developer; and Sherry Steinhoff, product manager.

PBS. I've recently become aware of the wonderful work of musician John Boswell, thanks to a tweet from the American Humanist Association's twitter page .

Monday, 9 November 2009, 9:47 am Press Release: Robin Maconie Widespread disbelief at NZSO digital home proposal "Naive", "desperate", and "a hoax" are among disbelieving responses to the Grow Wellington launched Lilburn Studio Trust bid to garner funds for a curiously styled $20 million digital centre for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to ...