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Today, Houston Mayor Annise D.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, at its Board of Trustees meeting today, acknowledged the announcement by Helen and Sam Zell that the Zell Family Foundation has made a $17 million contribution to the CSOA's endowment and general operating funds.

Renowned tenor Anthony Kearns will be the featured guest performer at the 239th United States Army Birthday Gala at the historic Union League Club tonight, Thursday, June 12, 2014.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombonist Jay Friedman will conduct his unique brass arrangement of Richard Strauss' landmark tone poem An Alpine Symphony to open the Music Academy of the West's first orchestra concert of the 2014 Summer School and Festival in Santa Barbara's newly renovated L

Riccardo Muti, Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), returns to Chicago in June for his final two programs of the 2013/14 season with concerts today, June 12, 13, 14 and 17 (Schubert and Mozart) and 19, 20 and 21 (Schubert and Mahler).

One of the most iconic rock-and-roll bands to come out of London during the 1970s—Grammy Award-winning “America”—joins Pacific Symphony Pops to rock the house with hot hits, soulful ballads and rock classics.

Conductor Emil de Cou leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in performances of the full score of the 1942 romantic drama, Casablanca.

For its 2014 Countryside series, Apollo's Fire proudly premieres 'GLORY ON THE MOUNTAIN: An Appalachian Journey.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) will return to Piedmont Park to perform three free concerts this summer as part of the Bank of America presents 'Performance on the Promenade' concert series today, June 12, 19, and 26, 2014, at 7:30 p.

The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal is saddened to learn of the passing of Maestro Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, music director of the Orchestra from 1975 to 1976.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will rock you with "The Music of Queen" on June 24 at 7:30 p.

BPO Nation proudly welcomes worldwide musical sensation ll Volo to Kleinhans Music Hall at 8 p.

Tickets: $105, $90, $75, $55, $50, $45, $40, $30; available at carnegiehall.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is pleased to announce the launch of a new Academy program specifically designed for aspiring and experienced music educators, the BSO Music Educators Academy.

World Music Institute has been informed by Farruquito's management that they are cancelling his two New York performances (June 21-22 at NYU Skirball Center), due to production issues.

Passionate, provocative, and avant-garde with an extraordinary creative energy, Roman Mints is one of the most original violinists of his generation.

The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal has announced details of the 2014 edition of its popular three-day Festival, "La Viree Classique" (OSM Classical Spree), which takes place August 14 to 16, 2014.

Due to acute bronchitis, Austrian pianist Rudolph Buchbinder has canceled his scheduled appearance with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the final subscription concert of the 2013-2014 season on June 13-15.

Due to acute bronchitis, Austrian pianist Rudolph Buchbinder has canceled his scheduled appearance with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the final subscription concert of the 2013-2014 season on June 13-15.

The Hershey Symphony Orchestra proudly announces seventeen-year-old Kathryn Westerlund as the winner of the 2014 Dr.

The Legends of Classic Rock features the greatest classic rock songs of all time—including “Kashmir” from Led Zeppelin, “Dream On” from Aerosmith, “Barracuda” from Heart, “Cold as Ice” from Foreigner, “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas, and many more—performed live on stage with Jo

Carol Wilson returns to New York City on June 17 for the premiere performance of Forget Me Not - Max Lifchitz's new song cycle for voice and strings.

Concert aficionados from around the country will want to mark their calendars for Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, when it kicks off its gala 85th Anniversary Season beginning Today, June 7th! To commemorate the milestone, Music Mountain will continue their

We all have our favorites, but we also enjoy the excitement of something new.

Fiddle-and-Fa-La-La-Fest will bring together students from El Sistema-inspired music-instruction programs across New Jersey for a special performance today, June 7, at 1 pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.