US Marine Band With The All-Star Orchestra Wins Emmy
by Julie Musbach - May 07, 2019 'The President's Own' United States Marine Band in Partnership with the All-Star Orchestra took home an Emmy Award Saturday at the 62nd Annual New York Emmy Awards, which took place at the Marriott Marquis Broadway Ballroom in New York City....
Kyshona to Release New Single 'Fear'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 07, 2019 On Friday, November 8th, Kyshona will release 'Fear,' a swampy new track from her forthcoming album Listen, out February 28, 2020. The song, written with her brother and fellow artist Kelvin Armstrong, premiered exclusively at The Boot earlier this week. 'In an age in which we all have a digital pla...
Los Angeles Master Chorale's Oratorio Project Showcases Van Nuys High School Students in Virtual Premiere
by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2021 Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices Within Oratorio Project, now in its 10th year, culminates in the digital premiere of Naia: The Spirit of Hoyo Negro, an original oratorio written by approximately 80 Van Nuys High School students who participated in the 20-week program remotely and virtually durin...
WALKOUT: PAST, PRESENT, REPEAT Explores 1968 East L.A. Student Protests
by Julie Musbach - February 07, 2019 WALKOUT: Past, Present, Repeat, a timely new oratorio written by Van Nuys High School students for the Los Angeles Master Chorale's Voices Within Oratorio Project, will be premiered by students and members of the Master Chorale on Friday, March 1st and Saturday, March 2nd in the school's auditorium....
Lea Salonga, Phillipa Soo, President Biden and VP Harris to Celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month on PBS
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2021 In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and celebrity guests will join the Center for Asian American Media, Pacific Islanders in Communications, and PBS for “A Celebration of the AA and NHPI Community: Highl...
Atlanta Opera Spotlight Media Launches Next Month
by A.A. Cristi - November 19, 2020 Next month marks the launch of Atlanta Opera Spotlight Media. Already available for pre-order, this digital subscription service will give home audiences around the world long-term access to exclusive new video content from The Atlanta Opera. ...
Recording Academy Presents GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS on PBS
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 12, 2018 In collaboration with PBS' 'Great Performances' series, the Recording Academy presents 'GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®', the third annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2018 Special Merit Awards recipients. The celebration and tribute concert feature rare performa...
Industry Pro Newsletter 9/14: Reopenings, Continued Pivots, and that Fauci Clickbait
by Alan Henry - September 14, 2020 Though last week wasn't all good news as more theatres announced delays in their reopening plan, or in the case of the Rockettes the official cancellation of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, there were some bright spots in the industry this week - Barrington Stage and Berkshire Theat...
Song Suffragettes Release Cover Video Of Taylor Swift's 'The Man'
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 16, 2019 All-female, singer-songwriter collective, Song Suffragettes has produced a new version of Taylor Swift's song “The Man” from her current album Lover. Seventeen Song Suffragettes provide vocals on the track that was produced by fellow Song Suffragette Tasji. The song is available everywhere music is...
Southampton Arts Center Announces 'ICP Talks' With Photographers
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2018 Southampton Arts Center presents a series of illustrated talks with influential photographers, specially created by the International Center of Photography (ICP), to shine a light on the power of images to raise awareness, create connection, and effect change in today's world....
PEABODY AWARDS Announces 2021 Nominees
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 04, 2021 The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 19 jurors from over 1,300 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service and multimedia programming....
Samora Pinderhughes Musician & Activist Releases Powerful 'Black Spring' EP On April 24
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2020 Musician & activist SAMORA PINDERHUGHES recently announced Black Spring, his four song EP co-produced by Jack DeBoe and available April 24....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for GREAT PERFORMANCES: CHICAGO VOICES Hosted by Renée Fleming on PBS
by Stage Tube - August 07, 2018 A star-studded array of vocal talent with deep ties to Chicago gathers on stage at Lyric Opera to pay tribute to the city's wide-reaching influence across blues, jazz, rock, folk, hip-hop, gospel, opera and classical music in Great Performances: Chicago Voices, premiering nationwide Friday, August 1...
THIRTEEN's American Masters Presents Exclusive U.S. Broadcast Premiere of Itzhak Perlman Documentary
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2018 From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman's violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Director Alison Chernick's (The Jeff Koons Show, Matthew Barney: No Restraint) new documentary provides an intimate, ciném...
The Paley Center For Media Announces New Spring Programs
by A.A. Cristi - February 19, 2020 The Paley Center for Media today announced an exciting lineup of new PaleyLive and Paley Media Council programs as part of its 2020 spring calendar. These events will feature some of the brightest and most respected names in media, television, and entertainment and will take place at the Paley Cente... by Robert Diamond - September 27, 2018 ...
Season 12 Of Great Performances at the Met Concludes On 9/9 PBS With CENDRILLON
by Tori Hartshorn - August 20, 2018 Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met concludes Sunday, September 9 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with Cendrillon, Massenet's operatic take on the classic fairy tale Cinderella, starring Joyce DiDonato as the titular heroine and Alice Coote as Prince Charming, alongside Kathleen Kim ...
PBS to Present Docuseries SINKING CITIES
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 As the earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many of the world's major coastal cities may soon be under water. In the last five years alone, the United States has been hit with 83 hurricanes, devastating cities from New York to Houston....
Ourconcerts.live Presents Classical Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Old-Time Fiddler Bruce Molsky
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2020 Grammy-nominated fiddler Bruce Molsky, “widely regarded as one of the best living practitioners of Appalachian old-time fiddling” (WBUR), joins international classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine for a special musical and social gathering at the intersection of classical and old-time music. ...
American Youth Symphony Gala Concert Features Sarah Chang In World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - March 29, 2019 The American Youth Symphony (AYS) welcomes famed violinist Sarah Chang for the world premiere performance of composer Fil Eisler's new violin concerto. This concert, presented as part of the prestigious orchestra's 54th annual Gala celebrations, represents the inaugural event of the AYS Korngold Com...
Marin Theatre Company & Round House Theatre Announce Extension Of THE CATASTROPHIST
by A.A. Cristi - February 23, 2021 Due to popular ticket demand, Marin Theatre Company and Round House Theatre announced the extension of Lauren M. Gunderson's The Catastrophist, the hit world premiere digital co-production based on the life and work of award-winning “virus hunter” Nathan Wolfe. Filmed on stage at Marin's Boyer Theat...
Recording Academy Presents GRAMMY SALUTE TO MUSIC LEGENDS on PBS
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 12, 2018 In collaboration with PBS' 'Great Performances' series, the Recording Academy presents 'GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends®', the third annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2018 Special Merit Awards recipients. The celebration and tribute concert feature rare performa...
PBS Launches #PBSForTheArts Programming That Celebrates the Arts' Resiliency Amidst the Pandemic
by Stephi Wild - April 21, 2021 PBS launches an expanded slate of multiplatform arts programming beginning April 23. Today, PBS and The WNET Group announced #PBSForTheArts, a multiplatform campaign that celebrates the resiliency of the arts in America during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and reopening....
SONGS FOR DALLAS: Lawrence Brownlee & Friends Announced At The Dallas Opera
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2020 The Dallas Opera has announced that world-renowned operatic tenor Lawrence Brownlee will be joined onstage by many of opera's most exciting starsa?"and the Dallas Street Choira?"for an evening of extraordinary music celebrating the power of song and the importance of the arts to the community....
JUST MERCY Wins Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2019 Virginia Film Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 04, 2019 The Virginia Film Festival made another serious Autumn splash in Central Virginia last weekend, entertaining, challenging, and delighting enthusiastic audiences in Charlottesville with a deep and diverse program that combined projected award season favorites with new discoveries with features, docu... |