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Pierre Hantaï at Grace Church
Pierre Hantaï gave a sold-out recital Tuesday night at Grace Church in Georgetown, co-sponsored by the French Embassy. The program combined pieces by J.S. Bach and Domenico Scarlatti from the French harpsichordist's recent recordings on the Mirare label. In keeping with a trend in French performance...
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Hersey does 'Musical'
Hersey High School presented "The Musical Company" recently in the school theater.
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Marian hosts weekend on suicide prevention
The Center for Hope and Healing at Marian University, in partnership with Heaven on Earth Alternatives and the Kappa Beta Gamma sorority at Marian, will present a weekend of music and healing to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention from Nov. 21 to 23.
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Citizens asked to meet the homeless
The Northern Kentucky Housing & Homeless Coalition wants average folks to remember homeless people who died in the past year and get a taste of life on the streets.
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Holiday Happenings
The 13th annual Tru-Ulysses Winter Festival begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 when Main Street closes down so that festival-goers can enjoy family fun like Hilby the German Juggle Boy, roving street performers, and Santa's “traditional Trumansburg” arrival. Main Street merchants and restaurants will welcome guests and there will be a community-run food court, artists, and craft vendors to visit.
The Ithaca Journal |
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month,...
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Couple writes protest song against CN Railway
For many, the planned sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern rail line to Canadian National Railway Company is nothing to sing about.
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Papajohns.com Bowl likely needs 10 qualifiers to get SEC team for Birmingham game
There may not be anyone in the country pulling harder for an Arkansas win over Mississippi State this week than Mark Meadows. Not only that, but Meadows will be pulling hard for the Hogs to upset LSU next week and for Auburn to shock No. 1 Alabama.
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Every School Every Thursday -- West Des Moines, Clive, Waukee
Clive students had the opportunity to explore the connection between performer and academics with Penny and Lee Fugerson Nov. 10-13. Clive has used a Connecting Kids with Culture grant and a Metro Arts grant to finance this artist-in-residence where participants encountered rhythms from around the world. There was an all-school assembly to showcase this intercultural music and movement on Nov. 13.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra signals start of holiday season
Paul O'Neill, founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, has a philosophy for live concerts that was taken from a page of Las Vegas' own entertainment playbook: Fog it, light it, then blow it up.
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IPO readies new season, new venue
Violist Matt Mantell joined the Illinois Philharmoic Orchestra in 1979 when it seemed that there were more musicians on stage than people in the audience. This year Mantell will move with the IPO to the larger Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center in Frankfort.
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Rave raises money for music
Robby Corrado (senior-public relations) dances at the (Silent) Rave to Save, which benefited VH1's Save the Music Foundation. About 30 students participated.
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Alternative uses put forward for Boston's Cemetery Chapel
Thursday, 10.15am - WHAT have grazing sheep and music concerts got in common? Not a lot, I hear you cry. (19/11/2008 17:12:39)
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Ankeny chorus concert kicks off holiday season
Ankeny Community Chorus Director Steve Carstenson shares interesting tidbits about each song during practices. He explains to the group’s 70 members that the slices of trivia are his personal commercials for the tunes.
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There's no place like Gnome
One Joliet holiday tradition still going strong is the 32nd annual Festival of the Gnomes at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park. The 2008 live theater production will be presented at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the park's indoor theater, 201 W. Jefferson Street at Bluff Street in downtown Joliet.
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Live Music
Mandolin and Guitar Masters Kenny Blackwell and Dorian Michael are a mandolin/guitar duo that plays a wide range of music from bluegrass to blues, jazz, old-time, Celtic, and Brazilian.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Sweet Child 'O Time: MySpace to launch Guns N' Roses album after, like, 17 years
LOS ANGELES - Chinese Democracy, the highly anticipated album from Guns N' Roses, will be premiered worldwide exclusively through MySpace Music, the world's premier music community.
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Times Ticker
Heidi Joy in concert Heidi Joy will perform a concert of religious songs for the holidays at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7, at First Lutheran Church in Papillion. A free-will offering will be taken. Her annual "Holiday Joy" concert is on Dec. 1, at the Holland Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Omaha.
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On Today
Fifth Annual B.K. Weigel Concert with guest artists the Alcan String Quartet with the Lafayette String Quartet at the University of Victoria, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, 8 p.m. Tel. 250-721-8559.
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Jazz and Vietnamese traditional music mixed in Hanoi stage
Dutch Jazz artist Mike del Ferro. Nhan Dan Online – An improvised fusion of jazz on the piano and Vietnamese folk music on traditional instruments will be introduced to capital audience on November 21 with the performance of Dutch Jazz pianist Mike Del Ferro and Vietnamese traditional musicians.
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Loaves and Fishes: Music, friends and a nice hot lunch
The lunch carts are fruitful at Clark County's Loaves and Fishes centers. And the crowds are multiplying.
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Tickets on sale
Jars of Clay: Tickets are now on sale for the Dec. 4 concert at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are $30. Call 800-277-1700. Playhouse Disney Live! On Tour: Tickets are now on sale for the Dec. 13 shows at Garrett Coliseum. Tickets are $15-$38. Call 800-277-1700.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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MercyMe heeds call to make music
'When are you going to stop this 'little band' thing and get a real job?'
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Band's director given his own special day
It's time to sound the trumpets for the Auburn Vanguard marching band and Ed Meier, its longtime director. On Tuesday, the Cayuga County Legislature proclaimed today as "Ed Meier Day" in recognition of his 20 years as band director and this week as "Vanguard Week" in honor of the band.
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Bebo Norman expresses struggles of life, faith in song
Members of MercyMe aren't alone on their current 'All That is Within Me' Tour, which wraps up Sunday at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church.
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