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dick clark productions and ABC announced today that a very special Star Wars performance that will take place during the “2015 American Music Awards,” the world's biggest fan-voted award show.

Four time GRAMMY Award winning pianist, saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and arranger GORDON GOODWIN, and his BIG PHAT BAND, will release its first-ever holiday albumtitled A BIG PHAT CHRISTMAS 'WRAP THIS!'.

The North Carolina Symphony, led by Associate Conductor David Glover, will continue its 2015/16 FridayFavorites series with 'Favorite Light Classics' on Friday, Nov. 13, at noon in Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh in the second concert of its popular 'Friday Favorites' lunchtime series.

In November the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will take audiences everywhere from 'Innerspace' to a galaxy far, far away.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Home Alone with live orchestral accompaniment on December 5 and 6 in Newark and New Brunswick, respectively.

HOUSTON (October 29, 2015) – This December, the Houston Symphony will deck the concert hall with the sounds of holiday cheer to celebrate the festive time of year. Now in its 15th season, the annual Houston holiday tradition Very Merry Pops will once again delight audiences big and small with favorite holiday carols and the holiday classic Handel's Messiah also returns with full glorious choruses that tell the story of Christmas through the fine masterpiece. New this year is the live orchestral accompaniment to the film Home Alone to celebrate the movie's 25th anniversary.

October 22, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, in partnership with the City of Chattanooga, will present a free Veteran's Day concert on Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00pm at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium. This is the 4th consecutive year that the CSO has presented this family-friendly concert for veterans, their families, and the public. Conducted by CSO Music Director Kayoko Dan, the CSO musicians are joined by the Lee University Singers, directed by Brad Moffett.

The CSO's Holiday Pops, an annual tradition in Columbus since 1983, was conceived by chorus master and conductor Ronald Jenkins who has also led all of its 96 performances. In 2015, Jenkins, the musicians of the Columbus Symphony, and vocalists of the Columbus Symphony Chorus, will be joined by the Columbus Children's Choir, dancers Justin Gibbs and Joanie Evans, children from BalletMet, narrator Steven Crawford, and of course, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, featuring the talents of more than 300 performers in this heartwarming holiday spectacular. The Sunday matinee concert will be the 100th performance of the CSO's Holiday Pops.

Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) coverage continues tonight, October 17 live at 4 p.m. ET on NBC, highlighted by a welterweight bout between former titleholder Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) and 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz (17-0, 8 KOs) from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) coverage continues this Saturday, October 17 live at 4 p.m. ET on NBC, highlighted by a welterweight bout between former titleholder Lamont Peterson (33-3-1, 17 KOs) and 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz (17-0, 8 KOs)from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.  

The 50th season of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series runs from tonight, October 14, 2015 through June 4, 2016.

The 50th season of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series and the sixth season of its White Light Festival commence on October 14 with tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis in the first of three highly-anticipated Schubert song recitals.

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents two events in time for Halloween: "Poe by Candlelight" on Saturday, October 24 at 8:00p.m. and the silent classic "Phantom of the Opera" on Sunday, October 25 at 8:30p.m., both at The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes Street in Cape May, where the theater is in residence.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents a weekend of music that paints a picture — of lovers reunited, fortunes won (and lost) and times forgotten — with the BNY Mellon Grand Classics: Classical Guitar Master Pablo Villegas this weekend, October 9 & 11 at Heinz Hall.

The North Carolina Symphony, led by Associate Conductor David Glover will a program of music from two great Russian composers Friday, Oct. 16, at noon in Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh in the opening concert of its popular “Friday Favorites” lunchtime series.

The folks at PistolShrimps have shared an all-new mash-up of THE FORCE AWAKENS trailers and your favorite Disney movies.

New Westchester Symphony Orchestra (NewWSO) will hold its fourth annual Fall Concert on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3PM at White Plains High School, 550 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605.

Vienna, Virginia (September 30, 2015) - Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has concluded a highly successful Summer 2015 season marked by unprecedented diversity in programming, strong sales and attendance, and record-breaking fundraising activities. From May 22 through September 19, 2015, nearly 400,000 fans visited Wolf Trap for performances at the Filene Center, Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods, and The Barns at Wolf Trap. High-resolution images are available upon request.

The Off-Broadway play "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" performed by Canadian writer and actor Charlie Ross and based on the original trilogy, will take place at The Ware Center on Saturday, October 10 at 7:30 PM.

The most acclaimed and enduring film music in Hollywood history, the original soundtracks of Star Wars Episodes I-VI will be reissued by Sony Classical in three new, definitive editions