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A number of program changes and additions have been made to the performances, screenings, and events of Lincoln Center'sWhite Light Festival 2014 and Great Performers 2014-2015 series. See below!

American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE today announces the July 29th release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justice in a new recording featuring some of his best work composed over the past 15 years. The composer's convictions are remarkably interwoven within the music and text of three intensely theatrical pieces that collectively take listeners on a piercing journey brimming with ceremonial power and beauty.

American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE today announces the July 29th release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justice in a new recording featuring some of his best work composed over the past 15 years. The composer's convictions are remarkably interwoven within the music and text of three intensely theatrical pieces that collectively take listeners on a piercing journey brimming with ceremonial power and beauty.

American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE celebrates today's release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justice in a new recording featuring some of his best work composed over the past 15 years.

Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance their way into your heart in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time, Holiday Inn.

American composer/storyteller JEROME KITZKE today announces the July 29th release of his new album The Paha Sapa Give-Back (Innova Records). Known for creating works that are uniquely and bracingly American, where freedom and ritual converge, Kitzke shares his career-long dedication to social justice in a new recording featuring some of his best work composed over the past 15 years. The composer's convictions are remarkably interwoven within the music and text of three intensely theatrical pieces that collectively take listeners on a piercing journey brimming with ceremonial power and beauty.

On the next episode of ABC's MISTRESSES titled "Open House", Joss is caught in the middle as mediator when Savi and Harry

At its upfront presentation, TNT and TBS revealed details of their upcoming development slates. Check out series descriptions below!

In this day of instant communication, how do you feel when the person you love does not answer a text or email within an hour? Makes you wonder what that person is up to and with whom, doesn't it? So image how was it in the days when the only way to reach a loved one was by sending a letter, and then having to wait for weeks or months for a response. Certainly the most outrageous scenarios would play in your head as to what was really going on.

ABC Music Lounge's "Nashville"-inspired docu-web series, "On the Record," is live at www.abc.com/musiclounge with the original song "Come Find Me"

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ A new book, 'The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business' (ISBN: 978-1608325788; Greenleaf Book Group Press) by Loren Weisman is now available in 26 different countries as well as an eBook edition (ISBN: 978-1608325795). The book delivers the 'who, what, when, where, why, and how' of the steps musicians and bands have to take to succeed in music.

Gotham Chamber Opera presents Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La descente d'Orphée aux enfers, a co-production with Trinity Church, from tonight, January 1- January 5, 2014 at St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Fulton, NYC.

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 tonight, December 14, 2013, 8:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University (enter the campus at 2960 Broadway at 116th Street).

Segerstrom Center's 2013 – 2014 Chamber Music Series comes to a thrilling conclusion with the esteemed Philharmonia Chamber Players performing an effervescent evening of master baroque music on March 16 at Samueli Theater. The inspired program emphasizes both diversity and unity found in the genre through works by Telemann, Marcello, Vivaldi, Handel and two selections by J.S. Bach, including his Wedding Cantata. This will be the first cantata ever performed in the intimate setting of Samueli Theater and will feature soprano Sherezade Panthaki. San Francisco Classical Voice states, 'Sherezade Panthaki was the most moving singer of the evening for me, displaying consummate musicianship and a fully invested expressivity.'

Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay, the Austin country scene's power couple, journey to Los Angeles for a full show at the new regular Today night Honky Tonk Hacienda at El Cid in Silver Lake. The Austin-based songwriters' debut collaboration Before the World Was Madespotlights the celebrated troubadours in peak form.

Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay, the Austin country scene's power couple, journey to Los Angeles for a full show at the new regular Thursday night Honky Tonk Hacienda at El Cid in Silver Lake. The Austin-based songwriters' debut collaboration Before the World Was Madespotlights the celebrated troubadours in peak form.

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.

For its 2014 season, the Oregon Bach Festival has just announced the appointment of organist Paul Jacobs to lead a newly-created Organ Institute. It is arguably the first major festival to add a component devoted exclusively to the study and performance of the organ, which figured so prominently in the compositions and performance life of J. S. Bach.