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Today, Carnegie Hall announced that the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), a program of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute, will make its debut at the Tanglewood music festival, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Berkshire hills of Massachuset

Emotional arias and powerful choruses have the audience rejoicing in the victory of 'Judas Maccabaeus,' as Pacific Symphony opens the holiday season with the rare opportunity to hear Handel's jubilant oratorio.

The Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) Chorus and members of the Vocal Apprenticeship Program's (VAP) choruses-the Youth Chorus, Singers, Young Men's Chorus, and Young Women's Chamber Choir-perform a Holiday Sing on Saturday, December 14 at historic Great Hall in Faneuil Hall.

Ann Arbor— The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra is proud to announce that a five-year contract between the A2SO and Local 625 of the American Federation of Musicians has just been signed.

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PITTSBURGH—On Dec.

On Friday, March 21, and Saturday, March 22, at the Music Room at SPCO Center, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Liquid Music series presents composer and pianist Timo Andres, performing his new song cycle Work Songs with fellow composer-performers Gabriel Kahane, Ted Hearne, Becca Stevens and Nath

Rehearsals are now underway as high school singers from five New York City public schools and a community youth choir join together with young instrumentalists from the recently launched Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra (JLCYO) to prepare for an exciting March 2014 concert at Carnegie Hall.

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) continue their 2013-2014 season on November 25 at 7:30pm at the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences (CSAS) Auditorium with a concert performed by the Prelude and Etude Orchestras, conducted by Nichole Pitts.

The world of music is a vast place indeed, with room for what seems to be an endless mix of styles – everything from aboriginal drum melodies to esoteric computer scores.

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One of the leading pianists of his generation, Lars Vogt is a sought-after artist in a range of repertoire, acclaimed for his “powerfully rich tone” (Los Angeles Times) and “understated, stylish conviction” (Gramophone).

Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck makes his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in an all-Dvorak program, tonight, November 21, at 8 pm, Friday, November 22, at 11 am, and Saturday, November 23, at 2 pm.

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) stage to lead the CSO in a program of music by Stravinsky and Mahler.

On rare occasions, a musician will perform with such force and spirit that you sit up straighter, lean a little closer and in an instant realize that something extraordinary is happening.

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Tonight, November 21 through the 24th, 2013, 19-year-old pianist/composer Conrad Tao will premiere his new composition The World Is Very Different Now, performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden.

Christian Zacharias, whose relationship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a both a conductor and soloist dates back to 1993, returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the orchestra in three performances, Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30, at 8 pm, and Sunday, December 1, at 2 pm.

Mozart@258 Festival marks the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's 10th annual celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday, with six concerts rich in the beloved composer's music, from January 11 to 23, 2014.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's groundbreaking Talent Development Program (TDP), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary during the Orchestra' s 2013-14 season, will host an Alumni Legacy Concert on Saturday, January 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.

For generations, Richmonders have been delighted by this magnificent holiday classic.

Richmond, Virginia Kick off the holidays with sounds of the season! On Saturday, December 7 - 8:00pm and Sunday, December 8 - 3:00pm, the Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage will be transformed into a wonderland of music and song!

With achieving a balanced budget as a top priority for the next two years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra recently received some help to achieve that goal.

On Saturday, November 23 at 8pm, The Torrington Symphony Orchestra will present Dueling Divas in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The San Francisco Early Music Society will present MAGNIFICAT together with early wind ensemble THE WHOLE NOYSE in a program of music featuring the brilliant polychoral music of Giovanni Gabrieli juxtaposed with the concertato music of Claudio Monteverdi.