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The Portland Symphony Orchestra will have a new leader at the helm when it kicks off its season this week.
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The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director, David Currie, opened their 2008-2009 season Monday evening with a program of Schumann and Richard ...
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October 11, 20088:00 pmJeff Christmas, conductor is the conductor when your Jacksonville Symphony performs in a tribute to one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music. Hear some of Elton John’s greatest hits, such as “Bennie And The Jets,” “Rocket Man,” “Your Song,” and “Tiny Dancer...
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PORTLAND (AP) - The Portland Symphony Orchestra will have a new leader at the helm this week. Robert Moody is the 12th music director in the orchestra's 85-year history. He replaces longtime conductor Toshiyuki Shimada, who left at the close of the 2005-2006 symphony season after 20 seasons.
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Fabio Luisi, Chief Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle,
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Conductor Fabio Luisi makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with violinist Joshua Bell in performances of Ravel’s TZIGANE and...
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... Symphony Orchestra’s chief concern, but Leon Botstein, its music director, has often turned his attention to neglected corners of the repertory. ...
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On Friday night at Avery Fisher Hall, American Symphony Orchestra offered a concert performance of Édouard Lalo’s “Roi d’Ys.”
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The Waterbury Symphony Orchestra tackles a program of music by musicians whose work has been influenced by political or cultural censorship in the first concert of its season Saturday.
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All Invited to Music-Museum Collaboration in Kenosha Area New Civil War Museum Hosts Pre-Kenosha Symphony Orchestra Concert Reception The Kenosha Symphony Orchestra leads its new season on October 11 with a ...
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Four soloists with impressive opera credits headline "A Night at the Opera Part 2," kicking off the 2008-2009 Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra season. Among the selections on the program are "I Am the Pirate King" from "Pirates of Penzance," "Flower...
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PR.com The Sphinx Laureates at Carnegie Hall presented by Chase--October 21. New York, NY, September 27, 2008 -- The Sphinx Organization, the national organization dedicated to building diversity in classical music, will return to Carnegie Hall for a performance on October 21. The concert will feature the acclaimed Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and the Harlem Quartet. The Sphinx Laureates at Carnegie Hall is presented with generous support from Chase. The concert at Carnegie Hall is just one...
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[The Spirituals of William L. Dawson; The St. Olaf Choir; Anton Armstrong, conductor; Marvis Martin, soprano; St. Olaf Records 2159 (1997)] William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) was an African American composer, professor and choral director. Dr. Dominique-René de Lerma, Professor of Music at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin has been writing about Black classical music for four decades: “He was born in Anniston Alabama and ran away from home at age 13 to enter Tuskegee Institute (at...
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The Juilliard School announces that James DePreist will conduct the Juilliard Orchestra Friday, October 10, 2008 at 8:00 PM in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at 155 West 65th Street, NY 10023: James DePreist, Conductor SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Limited FREE tickets available September 26 at the Juilliard Box Office. [Maestro James DePreist (b. 1936) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
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[William Grant Still, Conducting; Photo is the sole property of William Grant Still Music http://www.williamgrantstill.com/ and is used with permission.] History of the Americas Thursday, August 14, 2008 African-Americans In The Twentieth Century African-Americans 1920s “William Grant Still (1895-1978) was the guest conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. He became the first African-American given the honor to conduct a major symphonic orchestra.” William...
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[Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941) is profiled at AfriClassical.com] Meridian Symphony announces celebratory season By Ida Brown / senior staff writer, Meridian Star “A series of events featured around special holidays of the year will highlight the Meridian Symphony Orchestra's 2008-2009 Subscription Season.” “All four subscription concerts will be presented in the MSU Riley Center, and all concerts will begin at 8 p.m., said Dr. Bob Hermetz, director of MSO choruses.” The article...
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[Ushaka KaSenzangakhona: An epic in music and poetry on Shaka, son of Senzangakhona; National Symphony Orchestra of SABC; Robert Maxym, Conductor; Mzilikazi Khumalo, Choral Director; Sony CDCSL 8047 (1997)] James Stephen Mzilikazi Khumalo is a South African composer, arranger and choral director, and a Professor Emeritus of African Languages. He was born on June 20, 1932 on a Salvation Army farm called KwaNgwelu, in Natal. SAMRO, the Southern African Music Rights Organization, maintains...
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[Negro Folk Symphony; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, Conductor; Chandos 9226 (1993)] Greg Kostraba is Classical Music Director of WGTE 91.3 FM in Toledo. He tells AfriClassical: “I wanted to let you and your readers know that I will be broadcasting the Detroit Symphony's performance of William Levi Dawson's "Negro Folk Symphony" this evening, August 18th, 2008 on Evening Classics. The show can be heard on-line at http://www.wgte.org from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. EDT. Thanks!! -- Greg...
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