(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration, tonight, November 24, 2013, at 5pm at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Sponsored by PTC.
(Boston) Celebrity Series of Boston will present the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration, on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at 5pm at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Sponsored by PTC.
Three of today's leading ladies of jazz, Geri Allen (piano), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) and Esperanza Spalding (bass), also known as the trio ACS, will take to the stage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts today and tomorrow, October 25 and 26 for four performances in Samueli Theater. Having formed during their work together on Carrington's Grammy Award-winning album The Mosaic Project, the innovative ensemble is now touring and taking jazz to new and exciting heights. In response to their debut at New York's legendary Village Vanguard, The Village Voice remarked, 'the set's expressionistic push-pull turned out to be a show of jazz fealty as disorienting as it was riveting.'
New York, NY (October 22, 2013): Acclaimed for presenting hundreds of exciting, world-class cultural experiences for free to hundreds of thousands of people each year worldwide, Arts Brookfield is celebrating its 25th Anniversary by launching Art Set Free, an unprecedented global art showcase that offers the opportunity for established, emerging and amateur artists anywhere to have their work presented to an international audience on ArtsBrookfield25.com and at Brookfield's premier office properties in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Toronto, Perth and Sydney.
Acclaimed for presenting hundreds of exciting, world-class cultural experiences for free to hundreds of thousands of people each year worldwide, Arts Brookfield is celebrating its 25th Anniversary by launching Art Set Free, an unprecedented global art showcase that offers the opportunity for established, emerging and amateur artists anywhere to have their work presented to an international audience on ArtsBrookfield25.com and at Brookfield's premier office properties in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Toronto, Perth and Sydney.
Carnegie Hall today announced that its Opening Night performance-scheduled for tonight-Wednesday, October 2-has been cancelled due to a strike by Carnegie Hall's stagehands, represented by IATSE/Local One (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees). The season-opening concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and featuring violinist Joshua Bell and vocalist/double bassist Esperanza Spalding, was scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. All future performances remain on Carnegie Hall's schedule, and daily updates will be issued pending resolution of the strike.
SPARS (Society of Professional Audio Recording Services) Foundation, in cooperation with PMC Loudspeakers, presents A Joe Ferla Retrospective as part of the AES (Audio Engineering Society) Convention activities at Javits Convention Center.
Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and President and CEO Allison Vulgamore today announce the 2013-14 season of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Philadelphia Orchestra is pleased to announce that two new members join the Orchestra at the start of the 2013-14 season, Ying Fu as associate concertmaster and Anthony Prisk as second trumpet.
Tonight, August 28, 2013 legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter observes his 80th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl. Guest artists feature a jazz 'who's who' of friends and musical colleagues honoring the span of Shorter's musical career.
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter observes his 80th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl. Guest artists feature a jazz 'who's who' of friends and musical colleagues honoring the span of Shorter's musical career.
Bad Boy/Wondaland/Atlantic recording artist Janelle Monáe has announced plans for her upcoming North American headline tour. The dates which celebrate the acclaimed artist's eagerly anticipated new album, 'THE ELECTRIC LADY' get underway October 13th at Philadelphia's Electric Factory and then continue through late November (see below itinerary). Additional dates extending into 2014 will be announced soon. Ticket sales begin at most venues on Friday, August 23rd please check local listings.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin launch Carnegie Hall's 2013-2014 season onWednesday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m. with a Gala Opening Night concert in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Violinist Joshua Bell is featured soloist in Saint-Saens's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28, and Ravel'sTzigane; vocalist and double bassistEsperanza Spalding joins the orchestra for three works from her acclaimed album Chamber Music Society in new arrangements by Gil Goldstein commissioned by Carnegie Hall. The orchestra also performs Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March, Op. 31, Saint-Saens's Bacchanale fromSamson et Dalila, and Ravel's Bolero.
WBGO Travel is offering special round-trip buses from Boston and New York City to the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival that include admission to the festival for the full day, food & beverage on the festival grounds, plus a special screening of the documentary 'Jazz On A Summer's Day,' which was filmed in Newport at the 1958 festival.