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Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents 'I HEAR A SYMPHONY: Motown's Greatest Hits' with the Reading Symphony Orchestra (Reading, Pennsylvania), featuring BPI artists Joy Lynn Jacobs (The Music Man, Marie Christine) and Destan Owens (Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafeˆ) with conductor Andrew Constatine.

The Las Vegas Philharmonic's guest vocalist Sylvia McNair to be replaced by Niki Scalera for its Pops Concert: A Gershwin Valentine tonight, February 14 at 7:30 p.

Beauty, powerful rhythmic energy and breathless joy -- all describe the program that the Pasadena Symphony has planned for a romantic Valentine's Day performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.

There is a chill in the air, but the hottest ticket in town is the Valentine love story between Symphony Silicon Valley and Disney's Fantasia.

One of today's greatest violinists, Midori, will join the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) with Music Director Robert Spano to perform works by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 8:00 p.

The renowned Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts in a remarkable program titled Passionate Piano Quartets, pairing three works by Schumann, Brahms and the rarely performed Mahler Piano Quartet, which is the composer's only surviving instrumental chamber

Lisa Batiashvili, the New York Philharmonic's 2014-15 Mary and James G.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director, will present A Cappella Extravaganza, a concert on Sunday, March 1 at 3:00 PM at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 316 East 88th St.

This spring, NYU SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS will present its VISIONS + VOICES Global Performance Series, now in its third year, with a focus on Germany.

The 2015-2016 Orchestra Series brings a spectacular lineup to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall featuring some of the most sought after performers and world-class orchestras.

Utah Symphony Music Director Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony will record live performances of three world premiere commissions from American composers during the 2015 calendar year for release at a later date, starting with Augusta Read Thomas' world premiere of "EOS (Goddess of the Dawn), A B

On Wednesday, March 4 at 7 pm, Princeton Symphony Orchestra Soundtracks presents Jessica Meyer - violist, composer, teaching artist.

Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie, Legally Blonde, 2 Broke Girls), Alexander Hanson (Stephen Ward the Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music) and Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart, The Girl From U.

Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie, Legally Blonde, 2 Broke Girls), Alexander Hanson (Stephen Ward the Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music) and Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart, The Girl From U.

Three of today's top contemporary composer/performers join forces to build on previous collaborations and premiere a new work.

Minnesota Orchestra President and CEO Kevin Smith announced today that the Minnesota Orchestra will perform two concerts in Cuba, one each on May 15 and 16, becoming the first U.

Let your mind dance and your heart swell with symphonic suites from two of the world's most famous ballet scores during BNY Mellon Grand Classics: Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev on February 27 through March 1 at Heinz Hall.

Principal POPS! Conductor Michael Krajewski will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), accompanied by pianist and singer/songwriter Tony DeSare in a special Valentine's Day weekend concert series, entitled 'From the Heart,' featuring arrangements of the most romantic songs to celebrate Valentin

The North Carolina Symphony continues its 2014-15 Pops Series on Valentine's Weekend with performances of the romantic classic Casablanca in Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall tonight, Feb.

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Hershey Symphony Orchestra presents its Valentine's Day inspired performance of Date Night at the Symphony: Romance with Music, tonight, February 13, 2015 at 8 p.

Jackie Evancho, the pint-sized diva who won hearts - and a second-place finish - on NBC's 'America's Got Talent, returns to her hometown tonight, February 13 to perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall.

Organist Jason Roberts will accompany the silent film 'Steamboat Bill Jr.

Youth is the underlying theme of the Handel and Haydn Society's next series of concerts as it presents the early compositions of two giants of the Classical era, Mozart and Beethoven.

The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra is beating the doldrums of winter by moving its annual Soirée up in the calendar to February.