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Lotus Ensemble in Rick Robinson's 'City of Trees' Feb. 28; Celeste Headlee on William Grant Still

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(Lotus Ensemble, photo from PalmerWoods.org) Lotus Ensemble PalmerWoods.org Sunday, February 28, 7pm Concert sponsor: Elegance By Design By Larry Gabriel, http://www.gumbospot.com/ “Black History month is even more meaningful when great composers such as Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, Scott Joplin, and Detroit’s own Rick Robinson get the spotlight. These legendary composers get the string treatment with the Lotus Ensemble — violinists Joseph Striplin and Velda Kelly, bassist Rick Robinson and violist John Madison, as they bow away the blues on a cold winter evening. Striplin and Robinson are members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Kelly and Madison play in the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, ... Read Full Story

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Roberto Sierra's 'Sinfonia No. 4' is First Work Composed for Sphinx Commissioning Consortium

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[Roberto Sierra] Sphinx Organization “The Quarter Note,” Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter 2010 “Much like the musicians on classical music stages, there is little diversity among the composers whose work is performed on those stages. Intent on building diversity in this important aspect of classical music, Sphinx joined forces with twelve orchestras to commission a new work from a Black or Latino composer each year. Thus was born the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium. "From a pool of nominees, the consortium awarded the commission to Roberto Sierra . His new Sinfonia No. 4 is the consortium's first completed piece. The Nashville Symphony Orchestra premiered the piece ... Read Full Story

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'Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Makes History in Natchez' With Music of William Grant Still

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[William Grant Still; Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music, http://www.williamgrantstill.com and is used with permission. ] http://msorchestra.com : Native Mississippian William Grant Still (1895-1978) was the first African American to conduct a major American symphony and the first African American composer to be performed by a major American symphony. He leaves an incredible legacy with his music, which is performed not only by orchestras, but also by chamber groups, choirs and soloists. Music and the Arts: Still Our Only Future, a conference in tribute to William Grant Still, took place November 19-22, 2009 in Natchez with leaders and artists from ... Read Full Story

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Kelly Hall-Tompkins & Music Kitchen in New York Times: 'For the Homeless, Music That Fills a Void'

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[Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Mark O'Connor playing in a shelter in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan.] On Dec. 15, 2009 AfriClassical posted “Kelly Hall-Tompkins & Mark O'Connor Perform O'Connor's 'Double Violin Concerto'” and two days later the two musicians performed for the homeless: NYTimes.com “These concertgoers were eight tired, homeless men who had been taken to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church shelter for the night. They listened to the latest performance by Kelly Hall-Tompkins, a professional violinist who has been playing in shelters for five years under the banner of Music Kitchen.” “Music Kitchen has a catchy motto ('Food for the Soul'), T-shirts ... Read Full Story

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Conductor Levine withdrawing from upcoming shows

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Conductor James Levine is withdrawing from upcoming performances with the Metropolitan Opera and Boston Symphony Orchestra to have surgery for a herniated disk in his back. Levine has had a series of health problems in recent years. He tore his rotator cuff in March 2006 when he tripped and fell on the stage of Boston's Symphony Hall during ovations, and his right kidney was removed in July 2008 because of a malignant tumor. A hand tremor that was evident in the late 1990s appears to have disappeared in recent years. Levine conducted the opening night performance of Puccini's "Tosca" at the Met on Sept. ... Read Full Story

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Seiji Ozawa cancels concerts to seek treatment for cancer

CBC.caSeiji Ozawa cancels concerts to seek treatment for cancerToronto StarJapanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, a former music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, has been diagnosed with ...Former Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor has cancerBoston HeraldFormer BSO music director Ozawa diagnosed with cancerNECNSeiji Ozawa diagnosed with cancerBoston GlobeCBC.ca -Baltimore Sun -ABC Newsall 242 news articles »

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SHOSTAKOVICH’S “THE NOSE’’ Gil Rose, conductor. Directed by Julia Pevzner. Opera Boston. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA James Levine, conductor. Brahms Violin Concerto with Christian Tetzlaff, violin, at Tanglewood. And Gunther Schuller’s “Where the Word Ends’’ in Symphony Hall.

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Artistic vision was absent at times in Levine’s BSO

On both coasts it was a big year for orchestras. New leaders took the reins in New York (Alan Gilbert) and Los Angeles (Gustavo Dudamel), and each one, in very different ways, is promising fresh directions for his ensemble and his city’s musical life. At the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the most headlines were, in contrast, generated by a leader’s absence. ...

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