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Bulletin Board
The Bald Eagle Area High School band and choir spent May 10 at Dorney Park in Allentown as part of the annual music department spring trip. The band and choir went to the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg on May 9 to see a private viewing of the IMAX production of “Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey.”
Centre Daily Times |
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Following his own path: Jamaican pianist, pilot named KU choir director
There were times, when Paul Tucker was at the control of jets thousands of feet above the earth, that his mind would wander to music. “I’d be at 23,000 feet in cruise in a (Cessna) Citation or a Lear, thinking about music,” Tucker says. “I was planning musical things.” Sometimes, life’s journey takes you on some detours. And sometimes those journeys are thousands of feet above ground.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Mariachi band brings fiesta mood to Concerts in the Garden
By STEPHANIE ALLMON FORT WORTH — The evening air was warm and muggy, but the rhythms onstage were muy caliente Sunday at the Concerts in the Garden show "Viva el Mariachi!" The music: Campanas de America (Bells of America), a 12-piece mariachi band from San Antonio, serenaded the crowd with traditional Mexican songs, as well as some influenced by German, Spanish and Colombian tunes and even ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Conventions are big business for Nashville entertainers
Convention music
The Gleaner |
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SouthCoast honors formation of Israel — 60 years of perseverance, resiliency
NEW BEDFORD — The Jewish community of SouthCoast celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel on Sunday, honoring the Middle Eastern country for its perseverance in the face of war, hatred and terrorism.
The Standard-Times |
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Heaping helpings of local flavor at Taste Our SouthCoast
NEW BEDFORD — Downtown New Bedford was a food and art lover's dream come true Sunday afternoon for the second annual Taste Our SouthCoast, an outdoor festival featuring live music, artists at work and cuisine from 19 local restaurants.
The Standard-Times |
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Orchestra seeks new members
Don't be fooled by the name.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Honoring the ?Uphill Battle? of a Champion of New Choral Music
The conductor Harold Rosenbaum, recent recipient of the Laurel Leaf Award from the American Composers Alliance, sees choral composers today as a neglected species.
New York Times |
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A Fine Day for Music, No Matter Your Taste
Governors Island on Saturday was transformed into a punk rockers? paradise as part of the second annual Make Music New York festival.
New York Times |
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Review: Pianist steps in for final ‘Evening’
Pianist Jeewon Park, an 11th-hour substitute at Sunday’s Summer Evenings of Music concert, fit right in with violinist Efim Boico, violist Yuri Gandelsman and cellist Wolfgang Laufer.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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For One Night, a Feeling of Caramoor on the Seine
Pieces by Gershwin, Copland, Leonard Bernstein and the French composer Gabriel Fauré were strung together for the opening concert of the Caramoor International Music Festival.
New York Times |
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JVC Jazz Festival in Review
Reviews of performances by Tribe, Cecil Taylor and Sérgio Mendes.
New York Times |
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A Band Rocking and Rolling Past a Few Barriers
This documentary about the tribulations of a middle-aged British garage-punk cover band succeeds, thanks to the resilient dignity of its subjects.
New York Times |
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The Cure Mopes Through Town With Songs of Love, Endings and War
There?s no question that Robert Smith has one of rock?s most irritating voices. But if that voice were any less irritating, his songs for the Cure wouldn?t be anywhere near as durable.
New York Times |
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A Musical Daisy Chain Leads Up to Balanchine
The new program that entered City Ballet?s repertory features four ballets whose greatest common factor is that they were all choreographed by Balanchine.
New York Times |
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That?s Some Cheeky Shaman in the Aisles
Jim James, the lead singer of My Morning Jacket, couldn?t decide whether Radio City Music Hall was a cathedral or a playground.
New York Times |
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Appel Farm adding acreage
UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP. Appel Farm Arts and Music Center has purchased and preserved 46 acres here. In April, the Open Space Institute granted Appel Farm with a bridge loan of $680,000 to purchase land on Shirley Road from the owner, Albert Appel.
Gloucester County Times |
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Cheese Lords Serve Up A Tasty Teutonic Tribute
Almost any Renaissance music counts as "rarely heard" for the average concertgoer, but even early-music geeks might have been stumped by the esoteric lineup of little-known composers in Friday night's performance by the Suspicious Cheese Lords.
Washington Post |
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Armonia Nova's Elegant Hildegard
Hildegard von Bingen's music would seem to merit a performance for its survival alone. But during Armonia Nova's Saturday night concert at Christ Church on Capitol Hill, the 12th-century abbess's work -- the earliest of the Washington Early Music Festival's offerings -- proved value far beyond...
Washington Post |
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Review: Shadowbox production is out of this world
Shadowbox isn't known for serious Shakespeare — far from it — but Shadowbox Musicals is popular for its fun-loving rock musicals. With Return to the Forbidden Planet , which opened yesterday at Easton Town Center, the troupe's niche is confirmed anew.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Gas prices keep bands off road
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist...
Boston Herald |
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Def Leppard w Special Guests
They've sold more than 65 million albums, played to more than 50 million fans and have produced a series of classic rock albums that helped define a generation of music.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Liberté to make music on Fête de la Musique
People around the world celebrate the French for inventing cinema and for making kissing an art form. On Saturday, Sacramento united with hundreds of other countries to celebrate with the French for the Fête de la Musique, which translates to World Music Day.
California Aggie |
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Stars & Stripes Festival 'puts Mount Clemens on the map'
Restaurateur Debbie Boone can personally testify to the far-reaching impact the Stars & Stripes Festival has had on downtown Mount Clemens.
Macomb Daily |
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Posted: 23-06-2008 , 04:11 GMT
Lebanese female artist Elissa hosted a concert at the Sheraton in Kuwait for the “Saint Joud Kids Cancer Center” on June 14.
Al Bawaba |
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