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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...)

NPR's FROM THE TOP to Kick Off 2013-14 National Radio Taping Tour, 8/4

From the Top with host Christopher O'Riley, the preeminent showcase for young musicians, announces its 2013-2014 National Radio Taping Tour for recording its popular NPR radio program. The tour includ... (more...)

Spectrum to Launch RETES Series with Eleonor Sandresky and More, Beg. 7/7

Spectrum has announced Rétes, a new collaborative series on the first Sunday of each month at 7pm, beginning July 7th. Curated by composer and choreographic pianist, Eleonor Sandresky, the series will... (more...)

Houston Symphony to Perform ROMEO & JULIET OVERTURE at Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6/28

On June 28, the Houston Symphony will perform a free concert as part of the ExxonMobil Summer Symphony Nights series at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The concert will feature the famous Romeo and Juliet Ove... (more...)

Mari Kimura & Tomoyuki Kato's ONE Set for River to River Festival, 6/30

ONE is a cutting-edge, audio-visual, multi-lingual opera, with the themes of 'love, humanity, faith and global solidarity' premiering on Sunday, June 30th at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. (more...)

Alan Gilbert Conducts Program Featuring Emanuel Ax and Christopher Rouse, 6/20

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead a program that highlights both The Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Christopher Rouse and The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence Emanuel Ax in t... (more...)

IL PRIGIONIERO to Highlight GILBERT'S PLAYLIST with NY Phil, Beg. 6/6

Italian modernist composer Luigi Dallapiccola's serialist opera Il Prigioniero, featuring bass- baritone Gerald Finley as The Prisoner and soprano Patricia Racette (in her Philharmonic debut) as The M... (more...)

Pacific Symphony Announces THE RITE OF SPRING Events, Now thru 6/8

Aaron Copland once characterized 'The Rite of Spring' as the foremost orchestral achievement of the 20th century, and The New York Times proclaimed the significance of the work to be 'to the 20th cent... (more...)

Spectrum Welcomes Pianist Beth Levin Today

Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin today, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin, a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and works b... (more...)

Spectrum to Welcome Pianist Beth Levin, 5/5

Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin on Sunday, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin, a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and wor... (more...)

Chamber Music Society of Louisville Debuts Work by Sebastian Currier Today

In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Chamber Music Society of Louisville, the Society has commissioned a work by Grawemeyer award-winning composer Sebastian Currier, which will be performed b... (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...)

Young People's Chorus of New York City Debuts Four New Commissions at 92Y Tonight

Tonight, April 19, at 8 p.m. the Young People's Chorus of New York City, conducted by its Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Nuñez, will premiere the four newest commissions in its Radio Radiance ... (more...)

Patti LuPone to Headline New Jersey Symphony's Pops Program, 6/1-2

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone headlines the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2012-13 NJSO POPS season finale in Newark and New Brunswick, June 1-2. The legendary diva, who last appeared with ... (more...)

Carnegie Hall Announces Tour by National Youth Orchestra of the USA

Carnegie Hall today announced details for the inaugural July 2013 tour by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, a remarkable new ensemble, which, beginning this summer, annuall... (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...)

Chamber Music Society of Louisville to Debut Work by Sebastian Currier, 4/28

In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Chamber Music Society of Louisville, the Society has commissioned a work by Grawemeyer award-winning composer Sebastian Currier, which will be performed b... (more...)

New Jersey Symphony Performs All-Tchaikovsky Program, Now thru 4/14

Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring Variations on a Rococo Theme, performed by NJSO Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz, tonigh... (more...)

New York Live Arts to Present RE: AWAKENINGS Performances for Live Ideas Festival, 4/17-21

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...)

Young People's Chorus of New York City to Debut Four New Commissions at 92Y, 4/19

On Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m. the Young People's Chorus of New York City, conducted by its Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Nuñez, will premiere the four newest commissions in its Radio Radianc... (more...)

The Slide Brothers, MYSO, Red Baraat and More Set for Marcus Center's 2013 Live @ Peck Pavilion Series

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces the 2013 season line up for the Live @ Peck Pavilion series in Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion that will kick off this July. This series, which starte... (more...)

AT THE RIVER, KISS ME, KATE and More Set for Boston Landmarks Orchestra's 2013 Season

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra (LO) announces its 2013 summer season at the DCR's historic Hatch Shell on Boston's Esplanade along the Charles River, and additional concerts and educational activities... (more...)

Carolina Performing Arts' Rite 100 Festival Ends with Premieres by Vijay Iyer, Basil Twist and Nacho Duato

Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) presents The Rite of Spring at 100 (Rite 100), an unprecedented nine-month festival which began in Septemb... (more...)

NJ Symphony to Present an All-Gershwin POPS Program, 4/19-20

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Gershwin NJSO POPS program in New Brunswick and Newark, April 19-20. Conductor Gerald Steichen returns to the NJSO stage to conduct the Orchestra in G... (more...)

Philip Glass to Open 2013-14 Candler Concert Season at Emory

Emory University's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts announces the 2013-14 Candler Concert Series, featuring preeminent artists such as influential composer and musician Philip Glass and superstar p... (more...)