The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, Music Director and Solo Violin will perform on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Whitney Hall.
Trumpeter Chris Botti, a frequent guest and friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will return to Atlanta to perform with the Orchestra February 10-11, 2012, in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.
These two contemporary men surprise and delight audiences with their classic affections. Michael Feinstein The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook will perform American standards from his Grammy nominated Sinatra Project on Tue. Jan. 31 @ 8 PM. Classical music superstar, violinist Joshua Bell will dazzle the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall audience on Thur. Feb. 2 @ 8 PM.
This winter/spring season, The Kentucky Center is offering something for everyone. The Winter/Spring 2012 season includes dance, comedy, zydeco, pop, orchestra, country and even kitchen king Anthony Bourdain.
Joseph Calleja, the 33-year-old Maltese tenor who finished 2011 with a top-ranked solo album (The Maltese Tenor) and a Grammy nomination for his recording of La traviata with Renee Fleming, will ring in 2012 with a return to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role in Gounod's Faust, opening January 5.
Kravis Center Kicks Off 2012 with a Month-Long Line-Up of Superior Entertainment
+ Comedy by Jackie Mason & Dennis Miller
+ Hit Shows Like ELVIS LIVES, HAIR
& Neil Berg's 103 YEARS OF BROADWAY
+ World Premiere of DIVORCE PARTY: THE MUSICAL
+ Classic Music from Joshua Bell & Hye-Jin Kim,
Cleveland Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
+ Pop Hits by B.B. King, The Lennon Sisters & The Nylons
+ High Kicks from The State Ballet Theatre of Russia
+ Magical Memories with Larry King & More
'Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community'
Kravis Center Kicks Off 2012 with a Month-Long Line-Up of Superior Entertainment
+ Comedy by Jackie Mason & Dennis Miller
+ Hit Shows Like ELVIS LIVES, HAIR
& Neil Berg's 103 YEARS OF BROADWAY
+ World Premiere of DIVORCE PARTY: THE MUSICAL
+ Classic Music from Joshua Bell & Hye-Jin Kim,
Cleveland Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
+ Pop Hits by B.B. King, The Lennon Sisters & The Nylons
+ High Kicks from The State Ballet Theatre of Russia
+ Magical Memories with Larry King & More
'Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community'
Kravis Center Kicks Off 2012 with a Month-Long Line-Up of Superior Entertainment
+ Comedy by Jackie Mason & Dennis Miller
+ Hit Shows Like ELVIS LIVES, HAIR
& Neil Berg's 103 YEARS OF BROADWAY
+ World Premiere of DIVORCE PARTY: THE MUSICAL
+ Classic Music from Joshua Bell & Hye-Jin Kim,
Cleveland Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
+ Pop Hits by B.B. King, The Lennon Sisters & The Nylons
+ High Kicks from The State Ballet Theatre of Russia
+ Magical Memories with Larry King & More
'Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community'
The Thurnauer Chamber Music Society, the ensemble in residence at the JCC Thurnauer School of Music since 1992, will open its 19th season with The Viennese Tradition: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Fritz Kreisler's Death.
Kravis Center Kicks Off 2012 with a Month-Long Line-Up of Superior Entertainment
+ Comedy by Jackie Mason & Dennis Miller
+ Hit Shows Like ELVIS LIVES, HAIR
& Neil Berg's 103 YEARS OF BROADWAY
+ World Premiere of DIVORCE PARTY: THE MUSICAL
+ Classic Music from Joshua Bell & Hye-Jin Kim,
Cleveland Orchestra & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
+ Pop Hits by B.B. King, The Lennon Sisters & The Nylons
+ High Kicks from The State Ballet Theatre of Russia
+ Magical Memories with Larry King & More
'Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community'
This winter/spring season, The Kentucky Center is offering something for everyone. The Winter/Spring 2012 season includes dance, comedy, zydeco, pop, orchestra, country and even kitchen king Anthony Bourdain.
The SHIRAH Community Chorus on the Palisades, led by Matthew Lazar, founding director and conductor, will perform its 2011 Chanukah Concert on Sunday, December 11 at 3 p.m. in the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades' (411 East Clinton Avenue) Taub Auditorium.
Joseph Calleja is the latest artist to be chosen as the featured soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert, held annually in Stockholm on December 8 in honor of the year's Nobel Laureates. For the 2011 concert, Calleja will perform a selection of favorite Italian and French opera arias with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Marcello Mottadelli. It was with a similar program that the singer's most recent solo album, The Maltese Tenor, debuted last month in the number one spot on the Billboard Classical Traditional Chart in the US, having already topped similar lists in the UK and Germany. The disc includes an aria from Gounod's Faust, and it is in the title role of a new production of this grand opera that Calleja returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera in January 2012.
Joseph Calleja is the latest artist to be chosen as the featured soloist at the Nobel Prize Concert, held annually in Stockholm on December 8 in honor of the year's Nobel Laureates. For the 2011 concert, Calleja will perform a selection of favorite Italian and French opera arias with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Marcello Mottadelli. It was with a similar program that the singer's most recent solo album, The Maltese Tenor, debuted last month in the number one spot on the Billboard Classical Traditional Chart in the US, having already topped similar lists in the UK and Germany. The disc includes an aria from Gounod's Faust, and it is in the title role of a new production of this grand opera that Calleja returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera in January 2012.
Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest selling American instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum & Grammy Awards.
Lincoln Center's upcoming White Light Festival (October 20-November 19, 2011), in its second season, will include two outstanding theater productions among the range of works of music, film, dance, art and discussion to be presented.
Tanglewood, one of the world's most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, celebrates its 75th anniversary season, June 22-September 2, with a spectacular lineup of musical guests and programs that spotlight Tanglewood's rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts at their best since 1937.
They were all there... Academy Award winning actress and Broadway star Celeste Holm brought the crowd to their feet and left them in tears when she sang one of her early Broadway hits. Grammy Award winning Violinist virtuoso Joshua Bell wowed the crowd with transcended music. The star power lit up the room on Monday night at the annual Broadway Salutes, Arts Horizons Gala at the Edison Ballroom. John Devol and Director Elizabeth Halverstam celebrated 33 years of helping over eight million public school children discover the arts.