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Lincoln Center Announces 2013 White Light Festival Lineup, 10/24-11/23

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, October 24 through November 23, 2013. The Festival's focus is musi... (more...)

Photo Flash: Virginia Arts Festival Celebrates 100th Anniversary of THE RITE OF SPRING

The Virginia Arts Festival made-and remade-history on May 29. That's when the Festival celebrated the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky's groundbreaking wo... (more...)

Patti Austin to Launch MUSE/IQUE's Summer of Sound Festival, 6/29

MUSE/IQUE, known for its counter-conventional performances that feel more like parties than formal concerts, launches 'Summer of Sound' 2013 with 'Lost in the Stars with Patti Austin,' featuring the G... (more...)

THE INKOMATI (DIS)CORD, LIVE ARTERY and More Set for New York Live Arts' 2013-14 Season

New York Live Arts has announced its 2013-14 presenting season. The third season will kick off September 25, 2013. Details below! (more...)

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Announces 2013-14 Season

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary with its 2013-14 season. (more...)

Cynthia Nixon Narrates Pit Stop Players' THE RITE STUFF Tonight

The Pit Stop Players, a thirteen-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, will conclude their fourth season with special guest Cynthia Nixon narrating a new work, plus ... (more...)

Thomas Hampson Presents World, Boston and NY Debuts of Mark Adamo's ARISTOTLE, Now thru 4/28

Baritone Thomas Hampson looks forward to giving the world premiere performance of a new song commission from one of America's principal younger composers, Mark Adamo. Scored for baritone and string qu... (more...)

Julio Fernandez, Jennifer Lampert and More Set for VOICES OF VALOR at Russian Tea Room, 5/13

Grammy-Award-winning musician Julio Fernandez, lead guitarist of Spyro Gyra, vocalist Jennifer Lampert, Miss USO 2001, and an extraordinary band including Benny Harrison and Lou Watson on keyboard and... (more...)

Thomas Hampson to Present World, Boston and NY Debuts of Mark Adamo's ARISTOTLE, 4/24-28

Baritone Thomas Hampson looks forward to giving the world premiere performance of a new song commission from one of America's principal younger composers, Mark Adamo. Scored for baritone and string qu... (more...)

Oratorio Society of New York Brings Britten's WAR REQUIEM to Carnegie Hall Tonight

To conclude its 140th anniversary season, the Oratorio Society of New York, the city's standard for grand choral performance, presents Benjamin Britten's monumental 1962 work War Requiem at Carnegie H... (more...)

New York Live Arts Presents RE: AWAKENINGS Performances for Live Ideas Festival, Now thru 4/21

New York Live Arts is set to present several Re: Awakenings performances as part of the inaugural Live Ideas festival. New York Live Arts' newest program initiative, Live Ideas is an annual humanities... (more...)

Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall, Now thru 4/5

This April, Carnegie Hall presents the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in three performances led by two outstanding maestros, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Daniele Gatti (pictured at right), in its an... (more...)

Mohammed Fairouz's IN THE SHADOW OF NO TOWERS Premieres at Carnegie Hall Tonight

Composer Mohammed Fairouz's latest large-scale work, In The Shadow of No Towers (Symphony No. 4 for Wind Ensemble), will have its world premiere in the Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall tonight,... (more...)

Fall Festival, THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Benjamin Britten and More Set for Cleveland Orchestra's 2013-14 Season

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2013-14 season. Music Director Franz Welser-Most will introduce a Fall Festival, pairing symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich, and an all-Brahms weekend w... (more...)

Patti Smith Narrates TUBBY THE TUBA with Little Orchestra Society Today

The Little Orchestra Society (LOS) presents TUBBY THE TUBA narrated by Patti Smith, the iconic National Book Award-winner, rock musician and poet, today, March 16, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., a... (more...)

LA Master Chorale's 2013-14 Season to Celebrate 50th Season at Disney Concert Hall

The LA Master Chorale's 2013-14 season will celebrate the choir's reputation as one of the world's most eminent choruses, and highlights its seminal role in the city's cultural development as a foundi... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, 3/15 & 17

After conducting H&H in sold-out performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in 2011, Richard Egarr returns to Symphony Hall to breathe life into another great work by the composer, his masterful Symph... (more...)

2CELLOS, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Alvin Ailey American Dance and More Set for SPA's 2013-14 Season

As Houston's leading performing arts presenter, Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) is pleased to announce its 2013-2014 season filled with music, dance and family entertainment from the world's bes... (more...)

Orion Welcomes Soprano Patrice Michaels, Now thru 3/17

The Orion Ensemble, winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, celebrates Women's History Month by welcoming guest soprano Patrice Michaels for 'A Voice from Heaven,'... (more...)

LA Chamber Orchestra's WESTSIDE CONNECTIONS Series Features Author Jane Hamilton Tonight

Award-winning author Jane Hamilton adds her unique literary voice to the second program in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's (LACO) three-concert 'Westside Connections' series, which this season pai... (more...)