John Philip Sousa News

A Broadway legend, international jazz stars, first class ballet performances, and family shows with a magical flair are just a few highlights in Centenary Stage Company's 35th Annual Concert Season. The David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown will be a busy place this season with a selection of entertainment options for everyone to enjoy.

The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is pleased to announce its upcoming Lexus Pops in the Park concert. This free Labor Day Weekend concert will take place at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis on Sunday, September 1 at 5:30 PM. The rain date is September 2, same time, same place.

Pacific Symphony's annual free summer evenings of outdoor music and entertainment will come to Segerstrom Center's Arts Plaza for the first time tonight, July 26 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Pacific Symphony's annual free summer evenings of outdoor music and entertainment will come to Segerstrom Center's Arts Plaza for the first time on Friday, July 26 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The 2013 Target Symphony in the Cities (SITC) concert series on the Center's Arts Plaza will also help to celebrate Costa Mesa's 60th Anniversary. The Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, will play familiar and well-loved tunes by Shostakovich, Massenet, Strauss (Jr. and Sr.!) and American legends John Williams, Leonard Bernstein and John Philip Sousa. Special guest performers are the doo-wop group The Alley Cats and violinist Kotaro Tsutsumi.

Along with the discovery of 5,000 historic theater scores, buried in an attic in Washington, D.C., Founder and Artistic Director of The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra Rick Benjamin was stunned when he came upon George Gershwin's long-lost Broadway score for La La Lucile, which hasn't been performed since 1919. The piece will make its premiere in Hackettstown this month at the Centenary Stage Company's Jammin' in July Summer Concert Series.

FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook, which took place on January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut, will be airing on select public television stations throughout the tri-state area. An hour-long version of the concert will premiere tonight, July 18 at 10 p.m on WLIW21, Friday, July 26 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN and CPTV, and Tuesday, July 30 at 10 p.m. on NJTV. 'From Broadway With Love' was a concert of healing for the Newtown community where composers, musicians and more than 100 stars of Broadway came together with over 300 students from several Newtown dance groups, the Sandy Hook Elementary School 3rd and 4th grades and the Newtown High School Chamber Choir.

FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook?, which took place on January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut, will soon be airing on select public television stations throughout the tri-state area.

What did Arturo Toscanini, Woodrow Wilson, Martha Graham, and Albert Einstein have in common? They all appeared at Carnegie Hall. Now, as part of the Hall's ongoing Digital Archives Project, the public can uncover this information and discover a whole lot more, thanks to a new online performance history search feature recently added to the 'History' section of Carnegie Hall's website. This new addition makes a large portion of the Hall's performance history database directly available to the public for the first time.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present MADboots dance co. as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). After an eight-week residency at DMAC this Spring, MADboots Co-artistic Directors Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz return to the historic Duo Theater to perform works that wowed the dance community this past May. MADboots will perform on Wednesday, June 19 & Thursday, June 20, 2013, 8PM. Admission is $10.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present Studio Visits with works by Seth Ruggles Hiler, as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). The opening reception for Studio Visits will take place today, June 16, 2013 from 4-7PM at Duo Multicultural Arts Center. Reservation is required at Smarttix.com.

The Deer Valley Music Festival, summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, is celebrating ten years of music in the mountains with a festival lineup that highlights the diversity of the orchestra and its audience. The 2013 Festival features seventeen performances from June 29 to August 10 at venues in Park City, Utah, including ten performances at Deer Valley Resort's Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre which was recently highlighted by CNN as one of eight 'amazing' outdoor concert venues. The first three Festival events will take place on June 29, July 5 and July 6.

The Utah Symphony's free summer concert series returns with three outdoor concerts in Salt Lake County conducted by Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic.

Duo Multicultural Arts Center (DMAC) is pleased to present Studio Visits with works by Seth Ruggles Hiler, as part of PRIDE @ DMAC (June 16-22). The opening reception for Studio Visits will take place June 16, 2013 from 4-7PM at Duo Multicultural Arts Center. Reservation is required at Smarttix.com.

Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond. ?

Author Thompson Brandt brings the life of his home city alive in the pages of his first fiction collection, 'Following Footsteps in Freeport'.

The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of William Eddins, will perform in The Star-Spangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Orchestra's 24th annual free community concert in downtown Cleveland, on Monday, July 1, on Public Square. The concert will be hosted by ideastream's Dee Perry.

The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of William Eddins, will perform The Star-Spangled Spectacular brought to you by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, its 24th annual free community concert in downtown Cleveland, on Monday, July 1, on Public Square. The family-friendly concert and pre-concert festivities will be hosted by WCPN ideastream's Dee Perry.

New York City Ballet's 2013 Spring Season will open with a three-week American Music Festival featuring 25 ballets and music by 17 American composers. This festival will also mark the 25th anniversary of the 1998 American Music Festival, during which NYCB presented more than 20 new works to the music of American composers.

The New York Philharmonic will present its tenth season of Summertime Classics, July 3-7, 2013, featuring five themed concerts with Bramwell Tovey, who has been the host and conductor of the series since its founding in 2004.

Celebrating the American Spirit, performed by Essential Voices USA (EVUSA) and conducted by Judith Clurman along with guest artists, Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara and Ron Raines and composer-arranger Larry Hochman, represents an American songbook for the 21st century.