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Symphony has a new tune
In the front office and at the conductor’s stand, the St. Joseph Symphony is getting a few key players. After naming Hy-Vee operations manager Brad Auge as the symphony’s new president back in June, the organization recently named Derrick Hinds as its new executive director.
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Indonesia's puppet art out of the shadows
YOGYAKARTA, (Reuters Life!) - Indonesia's shadow puppetry performances are steeped in tradition but one artist from the country's cultural heartland is giving this ancient art a modern makeover by translating it in English.
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Fun & games
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sandy Sowell's theme song has to be "Let Us Entertain You." In the 35 years she's lived in Putnam County, she's sung with one popular band and managed another, played the lead roles in "Evita," "Mame" and "Gypsy," run a singing-telegram company, introduced karaoke to the state and engaged hundreds of thousands of people to play her game shows.
The Charleston Gazette |
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Mounties gear up for Pemberton Music Festival
Police from all over B.C. are being called in for this weekend’s Pemberton Music Festival, expected to attract up to 40,000 people.
Vancouver Province |
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International Divertimenti for Sculpture and Traffic
Music by Argentina, Venezuela, Ukraine, Britain and the United States were represented in Juilliard?s annual Summergarden concert at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday.
New York Times |
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Casting Call for Teenagers With Talent and Character
ABC?s new talent competition has a misleading title: winners will not to be featured in ?High School Musical 3? but in a music video that will run during the credits.
New York Times |
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Swan song for Fannie; eulogy for the ‘ownership society’
The Fed’s emergency rescue plan for the financial markets is hopelessly flawed.
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Herborn Seelbach receive rousing ovation
NEW ULM - When the Herborn Seelbach band finished its very moving rendition of "Amazing Grace," the Bavarian-Blast crowd in the August Schell Bavarian Tent at the fairgrounds gave the German music stylists a rousing, standing ovation.
The New Ulm Journal |
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German band features young musicians
NEW ULM - A six-piece traditional Bavarian band from Germany featured several young musicians Friday in the August Schell Bavarian Tent at Bavarian Blast. Eighteen-year-old drummer Thomas Gooss of Stuttgart, Germany and the Starlights band said he has enjoyed his first visit to America. "I like the mentality of the people here. They're very friendly and easy-going," Gooss said.
The New Ulm Journal |
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A fanfare for Copland
Monday, July 21 LENOX — Can it be only a coincidence that Tanglewood programmed Aaron Copland's Third Symphony on the eve of a five-day Elliott Carter festival?
Berkshire Eagle |
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Classical CDs
New audio-only recordings of opera are perhaps going the way of the dinosaur, outnumbered by audiovisual productions captured on DVD. In the case of Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème," there are now more than a dozen contemporary and archival versions out on DVD.
The Star-Ledger |
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Head to Hogsback for a spring affair
THE mountain village of Hogsback had its annual Christmas in July festival this past weekend, and it’s already planning its next event: a spring garden festival.
Daily Dispatch |
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Covering the White Album is no easy task
It's the Mount Everest of challenges for musicians playing Beatles music: "Revolution 9," the bizarre sound collage on the band's 1968 "White Album."
The Star-Ledger |
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Judith Edberg to perform Wednesday
Pianist Judith Edberg, emeritus professor of music at the University of Tampa, will perform music by Bach, Scriabin, Koehler, and Liszt in the 10th concert of the Greencastle Summer Classical Music Festival Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church in Greencastle.
Banner Graphic |
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Music Review: Sergio Mendes - Encanto
Something a little different from the Latin music legend. You gotta hand it to Sergio Mendes. The ageless Latin musical star has flourished for more than four decades, and even though he has plenty of ability himself, he's been helped along the way by his unerring ability to choose some interesting musical partners. For his latest album, Encanto, now out on the Concord label, he embraces the ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Citations up at Cruise Night, down at Comstock Rock
The number of minors cited for alcohol possession during Kearney Cruise Night increased by 16, while the overall contacts made by law enforcement during Comstock Rock declined.
Grand Island Independent |
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Revolutionary soldier's descendants will dedicate DAR grave marker
The descendants of James Gallant, an American Revolutionary War patriot, will have a DAR grave marking and dedication ceremony in his honor at 10 a.m. July 31 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 2123 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill. A reception will follow the ceremony. The event is open to the public and sponsored by Catawba Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American ...
The Rock Hill Herald |
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MUSIC: Rockin' soul
The first half of 2008 has already seen some great albums.
Colorado Daily |
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Variety punctuates New Music Ensemble concerts
The audiences at the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's weekend concerts were treated to a display of awesome mastery by solo percussionist Steve Schick.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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OPEK at top of Pittsburgh's jazz scene
In a show that ranged from the music of Duke Ellington to that of Sun Ra, Opie performed on his woodwinds, but also on a hand-held synthesizer and a toy that he spun over his head to create sounds from the air.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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5 cities at a glance: Interim president at ODU receives raise
NORFOLK John R. Broderick, Old Dominion University's acting president during the search for a permanent top administrator, received a temporary $70,000 raise Monday, increasing his salary to $282,000 per year. The Boards of Visitors made the raise retroactive to June 15, when Broderick assumed ...
The Virginian-Pilot |
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Artie Traum, 65, Stalwart of ?60s Folk Music Scene, Is Dead
Mr. Traum was a guitarist, songwriter and producer who helped carry the spirit of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene to Woodstock, N.Y.
New York Times |
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Umpire Joe West Is Living The Dream
Whether you see him as a country western-singing umpire or as an umpire who sings country western music, Joe West is living life one musical note and out at a time.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Umpire Joe West Is Living The Dream
Whether you see him as a country western-singing umpire or as an umpire who sings country western music, Joe West is living life one musical note and out at a time.
The Tampa Tribune |
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'Time' has come today
Sometimes Brockton r & b singer Noel Gourdin seems like a visitor from another era. Considering that slick marketing schemes, mindless hooks and ringtone deals tend...
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