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Folger Consort, the early music ensemble in residence at Folger Shakespeare Library, presents a one-night only performance of The Merchant of Venice: Music and Poetry of Shakespeare's Play at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, February 27, 2015 at 8pm.

World-renowned conductor Paul Hillier makes his Houston debut leading the Houston Chamber Choir in passionate music from the Baltic Sea.

On Saturday, Feb.

The DOCTOR WHO SYMPHONIC SPECTACULAR is just that, Spectacular.

"Mind blowingly talented" (Portland Examiner), violinist Lucia Micarelli delivers a performance that takes her instrument well outside the traditional boundaries, traversing genres from classical to rock.

At 78-years old, post-modern choreographer Trisha Brown has established herself as one of the most influential choreographers of our time by articulating the extraordinary mechanics of everyday movement.

Tonight, February 7, local music students from the Sarasota Orchestra's Youth Program will have the opportunity to perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with one of the hottest groups to spring forth from the talent quarry of YouTube, The Piano Guys.

Pacific Symphony, in partnership with Bowers Museum, presents 'A Feast for the Senses,' an enchanting evening of Chinese music, dining and discovery surrounding the Bowers' current special exhibition, 'China's Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui.

Sheer exuberance and spirituality of approach push the On Ensemble to the forefront of the Taiko world.

Town Hall Theater will be hosting an evening of waltzing and live music tonight, February 7th with the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra.

This evening, February 7, George Rothman and Riverside Symphony will present the second installment of the orchestra's Alice Tully Hall season.

Tonight, February 7, at 8 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents PSO Saturday Evening POPS!, recasting its annual mid-winter pops concert into A Silver Screen Salute.

Pianist Jim Brickman brings his most memorable songs and moving melodies to the Fred Kavli Theatre tonight, February 7, 2015 at 8:00 pm.

Indie folk rock band, The Speedbumps, will unite with The Canton Symphony Orchestra tonight, February 7, 2015 for a joint performance showcasing their soulful Americana music inspired by their working class lives in the Rust Belt region of Ohio.

Pack your trunks and come along to Babar's coronation at the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra's Family Concert today, February 7, 2015 at 2:00pm and 3:30pm at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

eighth blackbird combines the virtuosity of a string quartet with the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company.

Mercury is pleased to announce details of the 2015-2016 Concert Season, featuring Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Bach's Complete Orchestra Suites with guest conductor Harry Bicket, and a special 15th Anniversary Concert with vocal superstar Susan Graham.

On Friday, March 6 at 9:30 p.

Carnegie Hall presents pianist Leif Ove Andsnes leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard in a two-night series of Beethoven's five piano concertos in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

Maestro Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony continue in their 2-year Mahler Symphony Cycle with a commanding performance of Mahler's 'Symphony No.

After eight seasons with the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert will step down as music director in 2017, the orchestra said.

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The Morrisson Theatre Chorus, under the musical direction of César Cancino, will present its Spring Concert: The Magic of Movies and Music on March 20 and March 21 at 8:00pm and March 22, 2015, at 2:00pm.

Maestro Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony welcome Augusta Read Thomas to Abravanel Hall as they perform the world premiere of EOS (Goddess of the Dawn), a ballet for orchestra commissioned by the Utah Symphony.

The American Composers Forum (ACF) Board of Directors has voted to present its 2015 “Champion of New Music” award to three outstanding recipients: the American Composers Orchestra, flutist and Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Claire Chase, and conductor Michael Morgan, a