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Jeffrey Siegel's celebrated KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS have become a popular destination for concert goers on Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts.

What do a world-renowned violinist, a bagpipe band, an inspiration by the Palace of Holyrood in Scotland, and the Canton Symphony Orchestra have in common? They will share the stage on Sunday, October 6 to open the orchestra's 76th season.

Last season, Pablo Heras-Casado made his Carnegie Hall debut as principal conductor of Orchestra of St.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky's virtuosic First Piano Concerto at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark and the State Theatre in New Brunswick, October 31 and November 1-3.

Music will fill the air, beanstalks will reach to the sky and attendees will live 'happily ever after' when legendary, award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins Music Director Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to kick off the 2013-2014 season at a 'Once Upon a Time' gala concert at 7:3

The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra's (ASO) 2013-2014 season-opening concerts at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts will be held tonight, September 27, 2013 and Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 8pm.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents Seductive Ravel this weekend, September 27-28, 2013, led by guest conductor Roberto Abbado.

Composer and pianist Philip Glass returns to Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts tonight, September 27 at 8 p.

Celebrity Series of Boston has announced its October 2013 performances.

The Deering Estate At Cutler presents The 2013 2014 'Living Artist Concert Series', from September 2013 - May 2014 at the Deering Estate at Cutler, 16701 SW 72 Avenue, Miami, Fla.

The Music Institute of Chicago is offering free lunchtime concerts and conversation one Wednesday per month.

The Minnesota Orchestra Board Negotiating Committee—aided by a coalition of community supporters—has issued its fourth contract proposal in the ongoing labor dispute with the Musicians' Union.

The new home of the Canton Symphony Orchestra - the Zimmermann Symphony Center - is now visibly changing the shape of the McKinley High School campus.

Improv Everywhere put a Carnegie Hall orchestra in the middle of New York City and placed an empty podium in front of the musicians with a sign that read, 'Conduct Us.

The Stockton Symphony is thrilled to announce that it will receive organized and sustained support from the local Latino community in the newly formed Amigos for the Artes-Symphony.

Parissa, known as one of the foremost female vocalists from Iran and for her command of the classical and Sufi genres of Persian music, performs both centuries-old Persian works and brings a fresh approach to rarely heard songs of the past century on Friday, November 8 at 8:30 p.

The 2013-14 Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO), comprised of 97 students from 20 Ohio school districts, will showcase CSO violinist Alicia Hui in its concert at the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, October 6.

Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the 2013-14 Season opening weekend performances tonight, September 26 and 27, 2013, at 8:00 p.

The University of Maryland School of Music brings musician-poet, Sidney Clopton Lanier to life in a presentation that honors his creative legacy and artistic contribution to his adopted home, Baltimore, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era.

Tonight, September 26, 28 and 29, the Houston Symphony will perform Rachmaninoff's exciting choral piece The Bells for the second time in the organization's 100-year history.

Cult comedy sensation 'Mortified' is kicking off the school year tonight, September 26th at Littlefield in Brooklyn with a supersized Back to School show featuring live music.

Pacific Symphony celebrates its 35th anniversary season by opening with a concert featuring the stunning virtuosity of 19-year-old piano phenomenon Conrad Tao, who returns for his third appearance to perform Rachmaninoff's powerful Piano Concerto No.

Mandolin virtuoso -composer -vocalist Chris Thile,of Punch Brothers, returns to Philadelphia to perform new works from his recent album release,Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol.

Internationally acclaimed cellist, Alisa Weilerstein, will perform together with German cello soloist Daniel Müller-Schott and New York Philharmonic Principal Cellist Carter Brey in a concert of Penderecki's Concerto Grosso, celebrating the composer's 80th birthday, with guest conductor Charles Dut

Last year Beethoven's Ninth Symphony had been scheduled for the week that may well have been the most horrific in Boston's history.