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PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Composer of the Year for the 2013-2014 season is eight composers—all of them based in Pittsburgh and connected to higher education.

The completion of The Duomo of Florence in 1436 marked a milestone in architectural history, while the structure later served as a focal point for several great composers.

Concert Artists Guild presents the wind quintet WindSync on its Concerts in New York series on Tuesday evening, November 19th at 7:30 p.

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (www.

The eighth and final concert in the Evenings at Elder Hall concert series, Concerto for Orchestra, was a chance for the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the anniversaries of three great classical composers, Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutos?awski, and Richard Wagner.

Flower power abounds when the City of Roses welcomes the Pasadena Symphony's new Music Director, David Lockington, at a complimentary special reception open to the public 5 p.

Tonight, October 29 at 7:30 p.

A second show, tonight, October 29 at 8:15 pm, has been added of Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton, a unique concert with the Hollywood Studio Symphony and the Page LA Choir conducted by John Mauceri, at the Nokia Theatre L.

The first concert of Piffaro's season featured a young recorder virtuoso, bagpipers, favorite composers of the royal courts, and a royal composer, Henry VIII

The 2013 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition culminated last night, Wednesday evening, October 23, 2013 with the announcement of three winners of the annual international CAG Competition: the Donald Sinta Quartet, an American saxophone foursome; American violinist Alexi Kenney; and Kore

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) and Saratoga Performing Arts Center(SPAC) are proud to announce CMS at SPAC, a new partnership in which CMS will become SPAC's resident chamber music ensemble.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) and Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) are proud to announce CMS at SPAC, a new partnership in which CMS will become SPAC's resident chamber music ensemble.

Cynthia Turner, associate professor of music at Cornell University, is trying out the $1,500 Google Glass – the wearable computer with head-mounted optical display – in the classroom, at concerts and during rehearsals.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is always proud to bring live music into the lives of its community, and the coming holiday season will be no different.

Flying in from Germany for a command performance of new, original classical works for Theremin and piano, Carolina Eyck and Christopher Tarnow join the eclectic line-up at the Odd Harmonics art and performance exhibit presented by Moog Music Inc.

The five-time Grammy-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus—Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Director, and Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Music Director and Principal Conductor-- will present two holiday concerts, December 6 and 22 at First Congregational Church in Berkeley and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, r

The TSO offers Tidings of Music and Joy this Holiday Season - December concerts include an all-Tchaikovsky programme, Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Conductor Steven Reineke with a Pops Christmas, and the passion of Handel's Messiah.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is pleased to announce that internationally-known astrophysicist Dr.

CANTON, Ohio (October 29, 2013) — It's 1732 and Europe has a problem.

Join your A2SO musicians on Friday, November 1 at 1:30 p.

(STOCKTON, CA)—The Stockton Symphony opens its second Classics concert of the season with two beautiful examples of French symphonic repertoire: Ravel's “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” and Bizet's “Symphony in C Major,” juxtaposed with a very recent flute concerto, “Trail of Tears,” by Ameri

Beginning today, October 27, medici.

Legendary flute virtuoso Sir James Galway will celebrate the 35th anniversary of his U.

An Afternoon with Mack Wilberg: The Man and His Music is set for today, October 27 at 4:00 pm at the Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd.

In a series of three concerts at The Morgan Library & Museum and Brooklyn Museum, St.