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Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group today announced that it would continue its sponsorship of the Boston Pops Fourth of July Concert on the Esplanade through 2012, which coincides with the company's 100th anniversary.

Preparations are underway to make sure Independence Day is safe for everyone. Once again, Boston will be home to one of the biggest celebrations in the country.

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The final concert of the Boston Pops' 124th season presented on Sunday, June 21, was a bit out of step with the stellar evenings that have preceded it this spring, despite its promise to get the joint jumpin' with a program of Big Band music called Let's Dance .

Michael Feinstein performed last night at Symphony Hall with guest conductor Erich Kunzel and the Boston Pops.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin was at Symphony Hall on 6/11 performing with the Boston Pops.

On this day in 1899, ground was broken for Boston's Symphony Hall. From the day it was completed a year-and-a-half later, the building would be considered one of finest concert halls in the world.

Locals may soon hear "Sweet Caroline" in a venue other than Fenway Park. Neil Diamond, the pop singer whose hit "Sweet Caroline" has become a sort of unofficial anthem of Red Sox home games, will join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops for this year's free Fourth of July concert on the Esplanade, said Liberty Mutual , the Boston insurance company ...

Historically, symphony orchestras have been awkward players in the swing department, whether it be jazz or rock.

This is a blog, so we can just say it: That sucks . "The Boston Pops will showcase some of the most talented young musicians from the Boston Public School System when the winners of the Fidelity InvestmentsA FutureStage competition are featured at tonighta s 8 p.m. Boston Pops concert at Symphony Hall, under the direction of Keith Lockhart," said ...

It is not too much to say that for the two decades of its existence, 1909-1929, the Ballets Russes was the supreme ornament of Western culture.

The sheer variety of events in the festival gives some sense of the breadth of the company's impact.

Maya Beiser, who plays with the Boston Pops next week, says she represents a generation of classical musicians ''embracing a much larger palette of musical styles.'' Though no category of performers has a monopoly on adventurousness, cellists seem to be an especially daring lot.

Chris Botti keeps good company. He is not one to be confined by the expectations of genre, Unafraid of the more poppy realm of jazz, this trumpeter - who plays the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tonight - has served stints in Sting's touring band and as the bandleader for The Caroline Rhea Show.

The Boston Pops salute their baseball-playing neighbors with a new collection of songs inspired by Fenway Park and the national past-time. More>> BOOKS Players By Jason Salzenstein If you like hot athletes in little clothing, you'll want to pick up PLAYERS , a new photo book from New York based photographer Rick Day.

The Boston Pops opened its 124th season last night in Symphony Hall. All the traditional festive elements were in place - a brassy John Williams number, a filmic paean to Boston, the classic Souza march, and the balloon drop - but between the lines it was a bit subdued by Pops standards, and I imagine intentionally so.

Have you heard the buzz? Attendees at the Tulare County Symphony's last concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at the Visalia Fox will be invited to rank the guest conductors during intermission.

In this album cover image released by Columbia Records, the latest CD by Chris Botti, "Chris Botti in Boston," is shown.

We know a lot of this already - including the fact that most of the James Taylor events are sold out - but here's the full summer Tanglewood announcement released this morning, including the BSO, Pops and other events: 2009 TANGLEWOOD SEASON JAMES LEVINE CONDUCTS EIGHT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AN ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY BSO SEASON-OPENER ON JULY 3 AND ...

Salem State College music professors will honor one of their own - and one of Salem's own - in an upcoming performance on campus.