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This past Thursday night, a group of die-hard music enthusiasts, vocalists, and musicians packed a private home in Chelsea for the latest iteration of Will Friedwald's Clip Joint. The monthly series, which was launched in the summer of 2013 by the Wall Street Journal columnist, night crawler, and music historian who has authored of eight books on music and popular culture, screens highly curated musical performance on film and video with every third session promoted as an “extravaganza,” additionally featuring live performers.

Kathy Evans, Founding Executive Director of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, announced that applications are open for the fifth summer of retreats for musical theatre writers and are due February 23. Rhinebeck Writers Retreat will host 8 writing teams with 8 individual weeklong residencies in a private home in the countryside near Rhinebeck, New York. The retreats will take place between June 28 and August 30. Applications are due February 23 and the submission fee is $25.

Twelve orchestras and composers have been selected to receive Music Alive: New Partnerships grants of $7,500 each, the League of American Orchestras and New Music USA announced today. Matching composers and orchestras who have not previously worked together, the program will support a series of one-week residencies between 2014 and 2016, each culminating in the performance of an orchestral work from the composer's catalog. Orchestras with operating budgets of approximately $7 million and below were eligible to apply.

Kathy Evans, Founding Executive Director of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, announced that applications are open for the fourth summer of retreats for musical theatre writers. Rhinebeck Writers Retreat provides a writing team with a weeklong residency to work on their musical in a private home near Rhinebeck, New York. There will be eight one-week retreats offered between June 29 and August 31st. Applications are due February 15 and the submission fee is $20. The submitted musical can be at any stage of development, as long as it has not been published or licensed. All information, guidelines, and online application can be found at www.rhinebeckwriters.org.

The League of American Orchestras and New Music USA have announced grants to five orchestras and ten composers to participate in the Music Alive program. Now in its 14th year, Music Alive supports composer residencies in the concert halls and communities of orchestras throughout the country by providing funding and resources for multi-year orchestra-composer collaborations.

Copland House has just announced the six fellows chosen to participate in CULTIVATE, its new, annual emerging composers institute. Launched last year to considerable acclaim, CULTIVATE is a week-long, all-scholarship creative workshop and mentoring program for highly-gifted composers in the earliest stages of their professional careers.

The American Theater Group presents a new musical series hosted by Stephen Schwartz. Bubble Boy: The Musical will be presented on Saturday, November 10.

American Theater Group, New Jersey's newest professional theater, in association with The ASCAP Foundation, announces the CY COLEMAN NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL READING SERIES taking place today, November 3 and November 10 at 8 pm at Hamilton Stage, the brand new, state-of-the-art theater located at 360 Hamilton St., Rahway, NJ. All readings will be FREE to the public.

On the evening of October 27, 2012, an almost full-capacity house at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa definitely had two reasons to celebrate: first, that five-time Grammy-nominated singer/composer Michael Feinstein is back in concert in Orange County; and, second, that he's brought with him an awesome, 17-piece big band to perform an enjoyable musical tribute to Frank Sinatra. The one-night-only concert -- part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' 2012-2013 Cabaret series -- didn't disappoint, bringing the O.C. an entertaining mixture of rousing jazz-swing numbers, heartfelt ballads, and amusingly-delivered historical facts about the legendary icon, with Feinstein serving as both charming lecturer and talented headliner all in the same breath.

American Theater Group, New Jersey's newest professional theater, in association with The ASCAP Foundation, announces the CY COLEMAN NEW AMERICAN MUSICAL READING SERIES taking place on November 3 and November 10 at 8 pm at Hamilton Stage, the brand new, state-of-the-art theater located at 360 Hamilton St., Rahway, NJ. All readings will be FREE to the public.

The ASCAP Foundation honored composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz for his lifetime contributions to the Musical Theater with The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award.

Allan Harris, one of New York's greatest musical treasures, launches his new CD 'Open Up Your Mind' in a special press event at BB King Blues Club in New York on Thursday, September 25, 2011 at 8pm.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment

December 2010 Concerts @ the RRazz room at Hotel Nikko San Francisco

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

December 2010 Concerts @ the RRazz room at Hotel Nikko San Francisco

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, platinum-selling singer and pianist, will celebrate the release his new CD Fly Me To The Moon - featuring guitar legend JOE NEGRI - with a special in-store performance and CD signing at the Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble on Monday, October 18.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, platinum-selling singer and pianist, will celebrate the release his new CD Fly Me To The Moon - featuring guitar legend JOE NEGRI - with a special in-store performance and CD signing at the Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble on Monday, October 18.

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, platinum-selling singer and pianist, will release his new CD Fly Me To The Moon - featuring guitar legend JOE NEGRI - on September 28, 2010. The disc, released through DuckHole Records, will be available on iTunes, Amazon.com and in stores on Tuesday, September 28. The CD is being released in conjunction with 'Michael Feinstein's American Songbook,' the primetime PBS-TV reality/documentary series, which starts airing nationally on Wednesday, October 6. Feinstein and Negri will have a special in-store performance and CD signing at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center (1972 Broadway at 66th Street) at 5:00 PM on Monday, October 18.