Symphony

For this concert, tenor Drake Dantzler and horn player Andrew Pelletier were the piece’s guest artists, and both met the considerable demands of the work perfectly. Britten requires a lot from both soloists; the horn player has to be a master of his ...  

When 15,000 viewers watched a webcast of the DSO, they set a new record - one that the DSO hopes to overturn. "'Our goal is to be the most accessible orchestra on the planet,' Scott Harrison, the orchestra's executive producer of digital media, said in a statement."...  

The Akron Symphony Orchestra celebrates the best of Beethoven and Brahms with Ode to Joy on Saturday, February 18 at The University of Akron’s EJ Thomas Hall at 8 pm. Led by Maestro Christopher Wilkins, the Akron Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the ...  

An orchestra might just be the most scalable of all arts organizations. From a chamber group to a stage packed with musicians, from a dainty Mozart concerto to a mammoth Mahler symphony, ensembles such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra don't relinquish ...  

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra said Saturday a Friday performance of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances" drew about 15,000 viewers. New York-based digital media expert Vince Ford told the orchestra live webcasts by other ...  

Maryland Symphony Orchestra Music Director Elizabeth Schulze recalled Sunday how she made a local connection to French composer Gabriel Pierne, whose work represented a time in France when some of the greatest music was being created. Schulze ...  

CBS LocalDSO says it set national webcast record with 'Live from Orchestra Hall' seriesDetroit Free PressMANDI WRIGHT/Detroit Free Press Associated Press The Detroit Symphony Orchestra says its latest "Live from Orchestra Hall" webcast has drawn the largest audience of any live online performance by a US symphonic group. The orchestra said today about ...Detroit Symphony says latest live webcast set record for most watched US ...Washington...  

It’s bombastic, and it’s fun. It’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 40th Symphony. And, like its composer, it’s larger than life. Joining this great work, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra will perform Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor. Renowned violin virtuoso Chee-Yun will play Sibelius’ timeless piece.In his short life, Mozart composed 41 symphonies, 21 piano concertos, 17 Masses, dozens of string...  

In September, he became concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. A concertmaster is an orchestra's in-house violin soloist for prominent parts in symphonic music. He also leads the first violin section, and, by extension, the entire string section.  

Justin Bieber got his big break on YouTube, so why not a cellist? The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is calling for instrumental soloists — piano, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet or harp — to upload videos for the ...  

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra Presentation Ball, which raises money for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League’s community outreach programs, concerts and education, is Saturday at the Meyerson Symphony Center, said ball chairwoman Lillie Young ...  

The dance company works regularly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; that's where SLSO music director David Robertson first encountered it, as a guest conductor with the CSO. He has now collaborated with Hubbard Street for a half-dozen years, taking away ...  

The perfect Valentine’s gift awaits you at Symphony Hall! Register here for your chance to win a pair of premium orchestra-level Boston Symphony Orchestra concert tickets, 2 glasses of Prosecco, your choice of an appetizer or dessert and a rose!  

Tune your strings, warm up your chops and turn on your camera: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is taking video submissions for a competition on YouTube. While its predecessor is clearly the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which assembled an entire orchestra through uploaded auditions, the PSO Concerto Competition will put one winner on stage with a major world orchestra.  

Simon Crookall's abrupt departure Thursday from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was entirely voluntary, the organization insists. Crookall, ISO president and CEO, turned in his resignation to John R. Thornburgh, who chairs the orchestra's board of directors, saying, "I am ready to move on to my next challenge," according to an ISO news release. Attempts to contact Crookall were unsuccessful.