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Arts agency's new director: 'We're a cultural asset'
Six years after a controversial merger created the state's largest performing arts organization, the Utah Symphony & Opera is entering a "new era" of leadership that will strengthen the individual identities of both the orchestra and the opera, its new boss said Thursday.
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Aspiro AB (publ): Interim Report January-March 2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden----Regulatory News: Net sales were SEK 99.0 m in the first quarter 2008. Sales in the Baltic states grew by SEK 7.4 m year on year. First-quarter EBITDA was SEK 4.3 m .
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Deadline nears for music institute
The Montana Music Institute's music camp for children 4 and older will be held at Will James Middle School on June 16-20. The camp features intro and master classes in violin, viola, cello, bass, flute and piano.
Billings Gazette |
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Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" has a wild side, too
Most people, whether they know anything about classical music or not, are at least peripherally aware of "The Four Seasons," the baroque equivalent of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries."
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Jim, Martha
HAYSTACK — Funeral services are pending for Martha Zuni Jim, 82. Jim died May 7, 2008, in Grants. She was born April 24, 1926, in Haystack. A family gathering will be 6 p.m., tonight, May 8, at the Baca Chapter.
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Hindus offended by new Mike Myers film
Hindu groups have contacted various cinema organisations in Australia urging them not to distribute or screen the upcoming Hollywood movie The Love Guru until Paramount Pictures makes changes to it.
The West Australian |
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Legacy Jazz Festival opens this weekend
The brother of Nat King Cole. A doctor who dissed Miles. Those musicians and others will perform at this weekend's Legacy Jazz Festival. You got questions? We got answers.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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London pre-open: Footsie tipped to open lower
LONDON (SHARECAST) - London is heading for a sluggish start with traders tipping Footsie to shed 40 points in early dealings. British Energy could attract attention with reports that French power giant EDF is today expected to table a takeover offer.
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TriangleMom2Mom.com launch party
Places to go and things to do with the kids.
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London pre-open: Footsie tipped to open lower
London is heading for a sluggish start with traders tipping Footsie to shed 40 points in early dealings.
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Classical Picks
The N.C. Symphony's final pops concert of the season in Meymandi Concert Hall tonight (repeated Saturday night and Sunday afternoon) should have a lot of appeal for the classical crowd. Music director Grant Llewellyn conducts a program of works by Bernstein, Elgar, de Falla, Stravinsky, Chabrier and the orchestra's own Terry Mizesko. The twist is that the guest stars are from within the ...
The News & Observer |
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James Ceasar trained hundreds to play violin
James Ceasar, a violinist who shared his passion for classical music with Wichitans for almost four decades, has died at age 92. Mr. Ceasar was concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony and a music professor at Wichita State University from 1949 to 1985, training hundreds of violinists for symphonies all over the country. He died Sunday. His long tenure in both the symphony and the university ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Las Vegas Sun
Alicia Keys (8 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena) The R&B sensation brings her talents to the MGM Duran Duran (8 p.m. The Joint) The ultimate new wave rock band headlines at The Joint The Bargain DJ Collective (9 p.m. Bunkhouse Saloon Bar & Grill) A variety of sounds on Thursday nights starting at 9.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Want to promote your music?
Are you a local musician or part of a band? We'd like to help our readers know more about you in the Soundcheck column.
Press & Sun-Bulletin |
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Beijing to heighten transportation security for Olympics
Passengers riding the subway and major bus routes in Beijing will undergo strict security checks starting at the end of June ahead of the Olympics, police said Friday.
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Father and son blend beautifully
Beaucoup Blue, a Philadelphia- based father and son duo, have been performing their music up and down the Eastern seaboard. Tonight at 7, you can hear David and Adrian Mowry bridging many gaps in American music with their soulful traditional and contemporary style meshed into an innovative and authentic sound. Although blues is their staple, they also share their love of folk, soul, R&B, jazz, ...
The Journal News |
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St. Paul's prekindergarten sings, learns, prays
VALLEY COTTAGE - The 4-year-olds in Judy Schera's pre-kindergarten class stood in neat rows, shaking their fingers to a cha-cha rhythm as they sang to Adam and Eve to leave the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil alone.
The Journal News |
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5 vie for 4 seats on Mahopac school board
MAHOPAC - The five candidates running for four seats on the school board support full-day kindergarten, better communication with the community and a close watch on district finances.
The Journal News |
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THE GREAT ZITO
It's a sad song that won't seem to end. Wednesday's five-inning outing in which the seven year, $126-million dollar man known as Barry Zito picked up his seventh loss in as many starts this season for the San Francisco Giants, is now being viewed as an improvement.
The Gilroy Dispatch |
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Microsoft Expands Commitment to Accessibility and High-Quality Education Across Asia Pacific Region
Today, in his keynote address at the Government Leaders Forum-Asia in Jakarta, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced several new programs, partnerships and offerings that strengthen Microsoft's commitment to and investment in delivering accessible technology and transforming education for citizens across the Asia Pacific region and around the world.
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Derby Gay Guide
Only a city since the 1977 Silver Jubilee, Derby’s population is now fast approaching a quarter of a million and has ambitions to baby-boom into the Top Ten UK City table by 2020. Luckily, there’s enough gay substance just west of the centre to grip a lush local lad so he himself doesn’t waltz off to larger East Midland neighbours Nottingham (15 miles east) or Leicester (20 miles south) come ...
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Hot tickets
Ticket outlets * ArtTix, 801-355-ARTS or www.arttix.org; www.ktix.net * SmithsTix, 801-467-TIXX, 800-888-TIXX or www.
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Weekend guide
Monday Regina Carter Sextet The JazzSLC series finishes the season with the violinist-led group Monday at 7:30 p.m.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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University changes department names
Troy University's College of Communication and Fine Arts students will see some changes in the upcoming year. In last week's Board of Trustees meeting, the board approved three nomenclature changes that will impact CCFA students.
The Troy Messenger |
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Whoopi Goldberg to host Broadway's Tony Awards
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stage and screen star Whoopi Goldberg will host Broadway's 62nd annual Tony Awards next month after the show went two years without a single master of ceremonies, organizers said on Thursday.
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