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Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

The holidays are upon us with plenty to celebrate at the Kimmel Center's campus of events and performances.

The adventurous St. Lawrence String Quartet marks its third Segerstrom Center appearance with an exciting program that includes a world premiere of composer James Matheson's new string quartet commissioned for the Center's Chamber Music Series by long-time subscribers Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting.

Gotham Chamber Opera presents Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, a co-production with Trinity Church, from January 1- January 5, 2014 at St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Fulton, NYC. Performances: Wednesday, January 1 and Friday, January 3 at 7pm; Sunday, January 5 at 5pm. Tickets are $15-$125 and are available atwww.ticketcentral.com or (212) 279-4200. For more information visitwww.gothamchamberopera.org.

Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS continues its 2013-14 Michael Palm Series of benefit house concerts in New York City with an intimate performance by rising-star soprano Angela Meade on Thursday December 12.

The Dallas Opera thrilled audience members at this evening's “Composing Conversation” at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, when Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Keith Cerny made the surprise announcement that Mark Adamo, one of America's most successful and accomplished composer-librettists has agreed to create a new holiday opera for the 2015-2016 Season.

The Dallas Opera is proud to present the latest in our free public series of'Composing Conversations' tonight, November 14, 2013 in Nasher Hall at the internationally acclaimed Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora St., Dallas). The conversation, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will focus on the multifaceted career of one of America's most successful and accomplished composer-librettists, Mark Adamo.

DALLAS, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 – The Dallas Opera is proud to present the latest in our free public series of“Composing Conversations” on Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Nasher Hall at the internationally acclaimed Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora St., Dallas). The conversation, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will focus on the multifaceted career of one of America's most successful and accomplished composer-librettists, Mark Adamo.

Miller Theatre's 'essential' (The New Yorker) Early Music series has been lauded as a leader in New York's burgeoning historical performance scene. This year Miller once again plays host to some of the world's leading early music ensembles and young upstarts alike. Miller favorites Le Poème Harmonique and Stile Antico return, along with locals New York Polyphony. The Orlando Consort celebrates a 25th anniversary of their own at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. The series will also feature world premiere performances of two new commissions, from composers Andrew Smith and Michael Nyman—a first for the series. Nyman's work, written for The Tallis Scholars, celebrates both Miller's milestone anniversary and The Tallis Scholars' 40th year.

A rare and intimate glimpse into the dynamic process of creating and launching new plays, Playwright: From Page to Stage follows two outstanding young playwrights through the writing, development, staging, rehearsal, and public performance of their plays.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues the 2013-14 season of its Early Music series with WONDROUS BIRTH, a holiday program featuring NEW YORK POLYPHONY on Saturday, December 14, 2013, 8:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University (enter the campus at 2960 Broadway at 116th Street).

The Dallas Opera is proud to present the latest in our free public series of "Composing Conversations" on Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Nasher Hall at the internationally acclaimed Nasher Sculpture Center (2001 Flora St., Dallas). The conversation, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will focus on the multifaceted career of one of America's most successful and accomplished composer-librettists, Mark Adamo.

Writer/producer, Jules Bass has announced the acquisition of the rights to Rebecca Riskin's book, "For The End Of Time" -as the basis for a musical play of the same name. For The End Of Time tells the story of creation of Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time," as well as Messiaen's ill-fated marriage to the violinist, Clare Delbos; and his love affair with his brilliant protege, the pianist, Yvonne Loriod.

ROSS VALLEY PLAYERS presents their RAW (Ross Alternative Works) 2013 Fall Festival, October 18 through 27, featuring four original short plays that explore UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, written by Bay Area playwrights. Each season, RAW presents two festivals of short works or full-length plays, selected for their quality and originality.

ROSS VALLEY PLAYERS presents their RAW (Ross Alternative Works) 2013 Fall Festival, October 18 through 27, featuring four original short plays that explore UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, written by Bay Area playwrights. Each season, RAW presents two festivals of short works or full-length plays, selected for their quality and originality.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra opens the 2013.14 Pops season with Ella, Louis, and All That Jazz tonight, October 11-13, 2013 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Guest conductor Jeff Tyzik leads the orchestra, featuring Byron Stripling, trumpet; Marva Hicks, vocalist; and Robert Breithaupt, drums. In tribute to Ella, Satchmo, and Fats Waller, the concerts include favorites such as S'Wonderful, It Don't Mean a Thing, What a Wonderful World, and selections from Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.

Kent Williams has built up a formidable reputation as a powerful contemporary painter. His is a bold realism with combined attributes of abstraction and neo-expressionistic sensibilities. His work is characterized by strong gestural forms combined with areas of arresting detail, rendered with rich dynamic brushwork.

Kent Williams has built up a formidable reputation as a powerful contemporary painter. His is a bold realism with combined attributes of abstraction and neo-expressionistic sensibilities. His work is characterized by strong gestural forms combined with areas of arresting detail, rendered with rich dynamic brushwork.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra opens the 2013.14 Pops season with Ella, Louis, and All That Jazz on October 11-13, 2013 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Guest conductor Jeff Tyzik leads the orchestra, featuring Byron Stripling, trumpet; Marva Hicks, vocalist; and Robert Breithaupt, drums. In tribute to Ella, Satchmo, and Fats Waller, the concerts include favorites such as S'Wonderful, It Don't Mean a Thing, What a Wonderful World, and selections from Gershwin's Porgy & Bess.