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In December, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced that The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of 895 nonprofit organizations to receive an Art Works grant.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra invites you to ponder universal questions and fundamental truths in a stirring BNY Mellon Grand Classics program featuring Haydn, Danielpour and Strauss on Jan.

Music Director Designate Andres Orozco-Estrada returns to the Houston Symphony during its Centennial Season this weekend, January 3, 4 and 5 to conduct Mozart's Symphony No.

In a world where race cars talk, robots fall in love, rats aspire to be star chefs, and toys come to life, Pixar has created some of the greatest stories in movie history through the magic of computer animation, compelling stories and of course, music.

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CANTON, Ohio (January 2, 2014) — While the weather is frigid, the Canton Symphony Orchestra is doing everything it can to provide a warm, cozy and inviting place to hang out.

Jacaranda, the series of intimate concert adventures into the realm of new and rarely heard classical music presents "Hallucination," featuring the music of avant-garde composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8 p.

According to a recent post in D Magazine, local classical music groups and opera companies are continuing to thrive and innovate.

Guest conductor Roberto Abbado will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in "Dawn on the Moscow River" - the Prelude to Mussorgsky's opera, Khovanshchina - January 30, 2014, at 8:00 p.

Under the baton of guest conductor Richard Egarr, the Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) continues its survey of the nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven with Beethoven No.

Richmond, Virginia The Richmond Symphony presents The Music of The Rolling Stones on Saturday April 12, 2014, 8 p.

The Hudson Fine Arts Foundation announces their schedule of concerts for the New York International Concerto Festival entitled “Concert for Peace: Empowering the Oppressed with Music' to be held January 2014 at various venues including Lincoln Center in NYC.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Robert Spano, whose ties to the BSO go back two decades, returns to lead a work given its United States premiere by the BSO under his direction in 2001-Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasion segun San Marcos ('The Passion According to St.

Cleveland, Ohio, December 12, 2013 --The Cleveland POPS Orchestra with Carl Topilow will welcome 2014 with their 18th annual concert and dance at Severance Hall.

Bergen Performance Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey will welcome the Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel on Wednesday February 5th, 2014 at 8PM.

Amira Willighagen is the winner of Holland's got talent 2013.

The Mill Valley Chamber Music Society continues its 40th Anniversary season presenting cellist Emilio Colon and pianist Sarkis Baltaian - in concert 5 p.

Roulette presents composer and trombonist Brett Sroka in a premier performance of his new composition Sine Qua Non, featuring pianist Carl Maguire, January 20, 2014 8pm.

Delaware Valley audiences can partake of that ancient tradition this December with Piffaro, the Renaissance Band.

December 27, 2013 – East Providence, RI ? With Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF at the podium, the RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA will greet the new year with stunning nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, featuring BEETHOVEN'S triumphant SECOND SYMPHONY.

Ring in the new year with a broadcast of the New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala concert from Avery Fisher Hall, featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert and special guest cello soloist Yo-Yo Ma.

Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may be best known for its unparalleled scientific endeavors such as landing the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars, but on Tuesday, January 7, another side of the organization will be on display.

Ronald Braunstein's career as a musical conductor got off to a brilliant start.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the New Albany Symphony Orchestra is one of 150 not-for-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Challenge America Fast-Track grant.

Neil Byrne and Ryan Kelly are heading back on the road in early 2014 for some more "Acoustic by Candlelight" shows!