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You can divide and subdivide the orchestra world's current top dozen or so young conductors in several different ways.

From his appearances with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, Brian Pastor Big Band and Philadelphia Orchestra to his live performances in front of thousands of people while regularly touring with legendary crooner Bobby Caldwell, Andrew Neu is one of the most exciting, multi-genre musicians today.

Mahler's Seventh Symphony is probably the least popular of his nine works in the genre.

Donald Braswell , 4th place winner from TV's "America's Got Talent" 2008 season, and William Stokking , retired principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, are featured in the "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert for Sara Ann Kronrot, a six-year-old Collingswood girl with profound cerebral palsy .

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Stphane Denve is not what you could call a high-impact podium presence. He led a perfectly pleasant concert Thursday night.

Philadelphia gets cold in the winter, but it manages to stay warm with its holiday cheer! There are events all over the city where you can share your love of the holidays with other enthusiasts.

20 show with The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of the Philadelphia's Academy of Music's Annual Anniversary Concert and Ball, according to a press release.

A concert violinist who doesn't like the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is like a painter who hates primary colors.

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Since Queer as Folk went of the air, Peter Paige has been taking one acting challenge after another.

You got to practice to get to Carnegie Hall. But once you get there, you got to nail it.

Renowned classical pianist Andre Watts will appear in recital at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

Groucho Marx infiltrated the bassoon section. An attractive blonde was keeping company with the double basses.

Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the first female tuba player in a major U.S. symphony orchestra, will perform as a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music at 7:30 p.m. today in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall, located in the Old Capitol Town Center in downtown Iowa City.

Conductors, these days especially, have to be more than musicians. They are advocates, teachers and, in a substantive way, cheerleaders for the art form.

Any conductor out to make a splash isn't likely to program pieces that more or less play themselves, such as Rossini's Barber of Seville overture and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.

The Dallas Symphony Association announced today that the orchestra and Music Director Jaap van Zweden have agreed to extend his current four-year contract through the 2015-2016 season.

On a rain-drenched afternoon in Philadelphia, I entered a small underground room at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to observe a rehearsal of "Resonances" - a new composition commissioned by Intercultural Journeys, an Arab/Jewish ensemble that utilizes the arts as a vehicle to produce dialogue between the Israeli and Arab peoples.

The Pittsburgh Symphony concert Friday night felt like a new start to the season, so refreshing was it to encounter two rewarding American scores - one of them a notable world premiere.