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Viacom, NBCU announce layoffs
Viacom is laying off 850 staff members, including about 500 MTV Networks employees, the U.S. entertainment industry trade newspaper Variety said.Sources said the layoffs will mainly hit those in the Music/Logo/Films Group run by Van Toffler. However, some Paramount Pictures employees are also expected to be laid off, while Paramount Vantage, the studio's arthouse film division that has produced ...
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Singing the praises of bluegrass
Grace Lutheran Church in Erhard is using the power of music to reach out to community members.
Fergus Falls Daily Journal |
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Ankeny Free Church offers Christmas music presentations
Ankeny residents are invited to two upcoming Christmas music performances in the new auditorium of Ankeny Free Church.
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Music Boosters in a bind
REEDSBURG — The Reedsburg Music Boosters wanted to help decorate the town with beautiful Christmas wreaths from Special Olympics. Instead, they are looking at losing a substantial amount of money for music scholarships.In order to avoid competition with Special Olympics, the music boosters agreed to purchase their wreaths and sell them off for a marginal profit. Booster member Krystal Schara ...
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Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni return for concert at Capitol Saturday
The Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni performs with the YMCA Center for the Creative Arts students in a Christmas concert at 7 p.m., Saturday, at the Capitol Theatre. The YCCA students will perform two songs with the choir.
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Chamber music presented Sunday
The Rome Concert Band will present "Chamber Music Winds In Concert," at the Rome Art and Community Center at 3 p.m. Sunday. The concert is the first in the band’s chamber music outreach series.
Rome Sentinel |
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YouTube, Rumblefish Sign Music Licensing Deal
YouTube announced this week that it has partnered with independent music branding and music licensing agency Rumblefish to let YouTube users add Rumblefish content to their videos.
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Free show opens tonight
HERKIMER — Herkimer County Community College’s Performing Arts Club presents ‘Winter Wonderland’ tonight through Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Sarkus-Busch Theater, in the Robert McLaughlin College Center.
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1928’s silent ‘Our Dancing Daughters’ at Capitol for 80th anniversary Sunday
Organ music, a 1928 feature film, a silent cartoon and more at 1928 prices are offered at 6 p.m. Sunday when the Capitol Theatre, 220 W. Dominick St., celebrates its 80th birthday with a re-creation of a movie show that originally ran at the theater in December of 1928, the first month it opened.
Rome Sentinel |
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Duggan, Lynn join chorale in ‘Once Upon a Christmas’
ONEIDA — Nationally-known composer and hammered dulcimer champion Dan Duggan and singer-songwriter Peggy Lynn will be the guests of the Oneida Area Civic Chorale at its Christmas concert at 4 p.m. Sunday in Oneida High School.
Rome Sentinel |
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On Tap: Christmas Strolls, Live Music and Packed Weekend
Live Music: Friday: Can’t Hardly Playboys at Red’s; Dan Dubuque at The Cottage; Dream Team Benefit at VFW in Whitefish; Dangerous at Raleigh’s; Russ Nasset at Great Northern; Spostah at Blue Canyon; Christian Johnson Project at Ricciardi’s; Sonny King at Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red’s Saturday: Broken Valley Roadshow at Whitefish Mountain Resort; John Patrick Williams at Belton Chalet; Jack ...
Flathead Beacon |
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Friends hope music is avenue to peace
Musicians Naser Musa, a Palestinian, and Yair Dalal, an Israeli, believe that the similarity between the Hebrew and Arabic words for peace underscores their belief that peace is possible.
Rocky Mountain News |
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The Rocky's holiday book gift guide: Nonfiction
The Rocky's holiday book gift guide: Nonfiction
Rocky Mountain News |
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Birdsong-Johnson wedding
Blaire Birdsong, of Sedalia, and Dr. Jay Johnson, of Gallatin, were married at 4:15 p.m. May 31 at First United Methodist Church in Sedalia. The bride is the daughter of Lorrie Birdsong, of Sedalia, and the late Jeffrey Bratton. The groom is the son of Kent and Jeanie Johnson, of Gallatin.
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Duke Performances Hosts Choreographer Of Olympics’ Opening Ceremony
Choreographer Shen Wei formed his dance company in 2000 in Durham from students at the American Dance Festival, so it is appropriate that he returns to Duke and Durham in winter 2009 to continue work on his largest effort to date.
MyNC.com |
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New $1M US classical music prize announced in Sweden
A lucrative new classical music prize has been established to honour the memory of the late Swedish opera star Birgit Nilsson, who died in 2005.
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Crude Oz’s songs ring with sincerity
MANILA, Philippines—Listening to the music being played on the radio these days can often be painful, mind-numbing—or both! Once in a while, however, you stumble across something that’s fresh and original, that sounds like it was actually produced by thinking, breathing individuals, not some faceless corporate droids.
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Movin' Out a fresh take on musical theatre
It's not like your typical Broadway musical. Sure, it has the songs, the story and even the dancing, but if anything, it could be described more like a rock ballet.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Drummer swaps sticks for pen, writes instructional book
Jeff Salem is what you would call a diversified musician. The Brampton resident, who has made a name for himself as a professional drummer, is always seeking out a new challenge.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Applications now ready for BCB Idol 2009
Are you a young musician who plays a concert band instrument? If so, you could be the next rising star in the community.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Ireland's Celtic Tenors present Christmas show
Ireland's acclaimed classical crossover trio, The Celtic Tenors, will bring their holiday brand of classical music to the Rose Theatre stage on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Cadillac Records
Parts of "Cadillac Records" surface as warm reminders of a timeless musical era. Most of "Cadillac Records" comes across as a miserable "Saturday Night Live" skit without the benefit of a sleep-deprived audience to feign approval.
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BMT youth troupe stages Alice in Wonderland Jr.
Brampton Music Theatre's youth troupe brings Alice in Wonderland Jr. to the stage Dec. 5 and 6 at Lester B. Pearson Theatre.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Elvis tribute artist returns with holiday show
From embodying a young leather-clad Elvis the Pelvis to the sequined jumpsuit incarnation of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Stephen Kabakos delivers an authentic Elvis Presley.
Stratford City Gazette |
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The future of music retail
When big chains stop selling music, where will casual music fans turn to make impulse buys?
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