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Parthenia Performs at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015
Parthenia, New York's premiere viol consort, will present A Habsburg Songbook, a concert tonight, October 17 at 8:00 PM at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street in Manhattan. This is the first event of their 2015-16 concert series, and is part of the New York Early Music Celebration 2015: El Nuevo Mundo, a Service Project of the Early Music Foundation.
MAO/Seton Hall University Concert at Carnegie Hall Set for Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015
Excerpts from Yunus Emre (1946), an oratorio composed by Ahmed Adnan Saygun, the most important Turkish classical music composer of the twentieth century, will be performed at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall at 8 PM tonight, October 17, 2015 as part of MidAtlantic Opera and Seton Hall University's co-production entitled A Prayer for Peace. This rarely-heard piece will be sung in Turkish by the 100-voice Seton Hall University choir.
Venezuelan Music, Musicians Launch Bach Festival Society's 2015-16 Season Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015
Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Artistic Director John V. Sinclair announced the launch of the 2015-2016 season with two performances of Music of the Americas, tonight, October 17, 2015, at Knowles Memorial Chapel in Winter Park. This collection of works celebrates the spirit of North and South America and includes Venezuelan composer Antonio Estevez's Cantata Criolla.
Phoenix Boys Choir Hosts 2015 Gala Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2015
The Phoenix Boys Choir will be 'putting on the ritz' for its major Gala, 'That's Entertainment!' on Today October 17, 2015 at 6:00 pm in the Memorial Hall of Steele Indian School Park, 300 E. Indian School Road.   
JCC Manhattan to Present PREformances with Allison Charney at Jewish Community Center, 10/19
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
JCC Manhattan proudly launches the seventh season of PREformances with Allison Charney on Monday, October 19th at 12:30pm. This unique concert series offers audiences rare opportunities to hear celebrated classical musicians before they perform on the world's most prestigious stages, providing a coveted space for engagement and rehearsal whilst dissolving traditional barriers between performer and audience. In its first six years, PREformances has presented over 80 of today's most important classical musicians, nearly 30 of whom have appeared on the season multiple times.
Family Music Day at The DiMenna Center Set for 10/25
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) invites children, parents, and guardians to Family Music Day on Sunday, October 25 from 10:30AM - 12:30PM. The event will take place at the orchestra's home, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, in the Hell's Kitchen / Hudson Yards neighborhood. Family Music Day is presented as part of the orchestra's OSL@DMC series, which offers free, interactive classical music events for the community.
Pilgrim Festival Chorus to Present 'A Very British Christmas,' 12/5-6
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community chorus, presents a winter concert, A Very British Christmas, on Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 6 at 4 pm at The Church of the Pilgrimage (COTP), 8 Town Square in Plymouth.  The chorus is conducted by Music Director William B. Richter and accompanied by Asst. Director Elizabeth Chapman Reilly on the church's 55 rank Roche pipe organ.
Ohio State to Welcome the Blakemore Trio, 11/15
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Ohio State and the School of Music will welcome the Blakemore Trio for their free upcoming performance on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. in Weigel Hall Auditorium, 1866 College Rd. This will be the trio's first Columbus appearance and they will be featuring works by Beethoven and Schumann.
YMF Debut Orchestra to Perform at LACMA
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
The Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra performs in its annual appearance on Sundays Live chamber music series at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA). The program will feature a recent work, titled Try, by eminent Los Angeles-based composer Andrew Norman, and conclude with Schumann's triumphant Symphony No. 2. Recently appointed YMF Music Director Yuga Cohler will conduct the program, and notes:
MSM to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
On Thursday, October 22 (7:30 pm) at Manhattan School of Music's Borden Auditorium, and on Monday, November 23 (7:30 & 9:30 pm) at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the MSM Concert Jazz Band, under the direction of Justin DiCioccio (MM '71), will pay tribute to Herbie Hancock's seminal Blue Note Records album, Maiden Voyage. The album, which received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999, turns 50 this year.
David Finckel & Wu Han to Perform at McCullough Theatre, 11/6
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Musical America's 2012 Musicians of the Year, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. The talent, energy, imagination, and dedication they bring to their multifaceted endeavors as concert performers, recording artists, educators, artistic administrators, and cultural entrepreneurs go unmatched and make them a favorite among Texas Performing Arts chamber music performers.
Pacific Symphony Receives $40,000 Grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Orange County, Calif.-Oct. 15, 2015-Pacific Symphony recently became the recipient of a $40,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support economic revitalization and community development. The award is part of a regional approach to economic stimulation across Orange County as Bank of America provided grants to 12 local nonprofits that play a critical role in connecting low-income people to such resources as affordable housing, financial coaching, neighborhood preservation and arts and culture programs that spur economic growth.
Pittsburgh Symphony to Join Igudesman & Joo for SCARY CONCERT, 10/31
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
PITTSBURGH – Experience a concert that is both bone-rattling and sidesplitting when Igudesman & Joo return to perform the conductor-less “Scary Concert” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall on October 31 and the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater at West Virginia University on November 2.
A2SO to Present ROMANTIC TCHAIKOVSKY, with Conductor Steve Gerber, 10/24
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
Harmony, tradition and a beautiful dream world meld into a thoughtfully programmed concert experience. Hary Janos, t a peasant soldier, spins his yarns which speak to his essence as a visionary and a poet. KodalySuite features Alex Udvary on cimbalom: a traditional Hungarian hammered dulcimer that recalls Hary'shomeland. Cellist extraordinaire Julie Albers will delight with the elegant Rococo Variations and the impossibly fast pyrotechnics of the 'crazy' Pezzo Capriccioso. Dvo?ak blends the soul of Slavonic folk melodies with the rich Germanic tradition to create a stunning and memorable Symphony No. 6 that stands the test of time.
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera to Perform All-Brahms Concert, 10/22
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
October 13, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera continues its Barnett & Company Masterworks Series with an all Brahms concert on Thursday, October 22. Opening the concert is Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Brahms composed the work on a theme entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' found in a wind ensemble composition. At the time Brahms discovered it, the wind ensemble piece carried an attribution to the composer Joseph Haydn. Brahms titled his own composition accordingly, crediting Haydn for the theme, but publishers in the early nineteenth century often attached the names of famous composers to works by unknown or lesser known composers in order to move inventory. Subsequent research has concluded that the wind piece Brahms used as a source does not fit Haydn's style. Today the wind ensemble piece remains without clear attribution. The situation has led to Brahms's piece being referred to today in recordings and concert programs as the St. Anthony Variations as well as its original title.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to Perform Beatles Tribute, 10/16-17
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2015
The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will kick off the 2015-16 Delta POPS! season with the 'Classical Mystery Tour - A Beatles Tribute' on October 16-17, 2015 at 8 p.m. The performance at Atlanta Symphony Hall will be led by Principal POPS! Conductor Michael Krajewski.
Santa Barbara Symphony & Ensemble Theatre Company to Pay Tribute to Shakespeare
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
The Santa Barbara Symphony, in collaboration with the acclaimed Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC), will present a musical and theatrical tribute to William Shakespeare at the historic Granada Theatre on November 14 and 15. Featuring the full Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, 'Shakespeare Set to Music' will include the Suite from William Walton's lush film score for As You Like It, Prokofiev's unforgettable Romeo and Juliet Suite, and Mendelssohn's vivid incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, with its instantly recognizable Wedding March. The latter work will accompany scenes from the play featuring ETC artists. Performances will take place at 8 pm on Saturday, November 15, and at 3 pm on Sunday, November 15. Tickets are now available.
Chan Centre to Present Portugal's Innovative Voices in Double Bill
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents a double bill featuring two Portuguese stars, both innovative artists of their generation: singer-guitarist Sara Tavares and fado vocalist Carminho, Saturday, November 21 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. The evening celebrates the diversity of Portuguese/Lusophone music by pairing these very different musicians who share a homeland and an ethos.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announce Halloween Programming
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
This Halloween the GRAMMY Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has something for everyone on the spookiest Saturday of the year, October 31, 2015, including the first Family Concert of the 2015-16 season, Halloween Hijinks, at 2:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall. On Halloween night, the Orchestra will perform Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall.
RI Philharmonic Names Mari-ann Tashjian Sullivan as New Director of Development
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – October 14, 2015 –  Mari-ann Tashjian Sullivan has been appointed Director of Development for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School (RIPO&MS) beginning Tuesday, October 13, 2015.   Ms. Sullivan leads the organization's development program and guides fundraising efforts.  She will work with local organizations and businesses to create partnerships that further the efforts of RIPO&MS to enrich and transform Rhode Island culturally, educationally and economically through music.
BWW Review: RON CARTER QUARTET Walks at Regattabar
by Matt Hanson - October 15, 2015
There's a powerfully resonant, special quality to the lifelong oeuvre of a jazz master, such as in the inimitable example of bassist Ron Carter. In the 1960s, integral to the rhythm sections of Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis, his artistry may have seemed shadowed by the towering giants of the music that was to give voice to the Great Migration, the most significant movement of peoples in U.S. history.
VPAC Celebrates Bicentennial of Handel + Haydn Society California Tour Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2015
Following the great success of its 2013 California Tour, the Handel + Haydn Society -- America's oldest continuously performing arts organization -- returns to the Golden State next month for the historic bicentennial tour that will bring them to VPAC today, Oct 15 for their company debut.
Anne Akiko Meyers to Perform with Pasadena Symphony, 11/7
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2015
The Pasadena Symphony continues their newly-expanded 2015-2016 Singpoli Classics Series on Saturday, November 7th with Anne Akiko Meyers performing her poetic and powerful Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Billboard's 2014 Top-Selling Classical Instrumentalist, Meyers' recordings have consistently met with acclaim, with her Four Seasons debuting # 1 on the Classical Billboard charts. Audiences can hear Meyers bring this chart-topping recording to life at Ambassador Auditorium with both matinee and evening performances at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. A Native of Southern California and a former student of the Colburn School of Performing Arts, Meyers returns to her roots for this exclusive Los Angeles performance, further cementing the Pasadena Symphony as the premiere destination for live symphonic music in the Pasadena region.  
Photo Flash: First Look at Alan Gilbert & New York Philharmonic in Inaugural Performance Residency at University of Michigan
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2015
This weekend found the New York Philharmonic in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the inaugural performance residency of its five-year partnership with the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Alan Gilbert led the Orchestra in works by Beethoven, Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Richard Strauss; David Newman led the score to On the Waterfrontas the complete film was screened; Philharmonic musicians led master classes; and Alan Gilbert conducted a thousand — Philharmonic brass plus the Michigan Marching Band, Michigan Alumni Band, and UMS Choral Union — at the Michigan Homecoming football game halftime show. Go Blue!

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