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MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS concludes the 2010-11 season of its celebrated Composer Portraits series with JOAN TOWER

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to present New York Woodwind Quintet for the final concert in the 2010-2011 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series on Thursday evening, April 7, 2011, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford.

Twenty-two years ago, long before television shows about choirs became all the rage and Walt Disney Concert Hall was merely a sketch on a napkin, one celebrated local institution, the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), made a commitment to mentor and train hundreds of young singers and their choir directors each year through the Los Angeles Master Chorale High School Choir Festival.

Following the immense success of the previous two festivals of jazz piano duos, which began in 2009 to celebrate the arrival of a new Steinway to Dean St and the launch of an ongoing relationship with Steinway, a stellar lineup of UK and international giants of jazz piano come to Dean St over four days to perform on 2 Steinways.

The Hartt School, the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford, is pleased to present New York Woodwind Quintet for the final concert in the 2010-2011 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series on Thursday evening, April 7, 2011, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford.

The Harris Theater is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Hear the Music season to include the first performances of a three-year annual concert series and residency presented in collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS), the nation's premier ensemble for chamber music, and the triumphant return of the extraordinary Vienna Symphony Orchestra (VSO), joined by the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio.

Foot in the Door, Hartt's Contemporary Music Ensemble, performs a concert on Wednesday, March 2, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, on the University of Hartford's main campus.

Andrew Gerle may be one of the most talented and promising composers/writers for the theatre today that you've never heard of. He launches the new year with an incredible lineup of projects on the horizon: a musical, a play, a new book, a star-studded revue, a concert reading at City Opera featuring an 80-piece orchestra, a recital performance of his work at London's Wigmore Hall, and the first-ever published volume of his songs.

The University of Texas Butler School of Music in partnership with Texas Performing Arts presents the world-renowned Miró Quartet, performing with special guest percussionist Colin Currie, Tuesday, February 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the acoustic richness of Bates Recital Hall.

Foot in the Door, Hartt's Contemporary Music Ensemble, performs a concert on Wednesday, March 2, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, on the University of Hartford's main campus.

The Opera Orchestra of New York will present its annual Vidda Award Recital featuring soprano Meagan Miller at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Scandinavia's rich cultural heritage, and the question of artistic conservatism in the modernist age, will be explored at the eighth annual Bard SummerScape festival, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, keyed to the theme of the 22nd annual Bard Music Festival.

Michael Barrett, CEO and General Director of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, today announced the lineup for the 2011 Caramoor International Music Festival, which opens on June 25 and offers enormous appeal to all audiences with a rich array of artists and repertoire from the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin, pop and American Roots music. The 66th season of this iconic summer festival - which is held annually at the Center's distinguished 90-acre garden estate in Katonah, New York - will run from June 25 to August 10.

The University of Texas Butler School of Music in partnership with Texas Performing Arts presents the world-renowned Miró Quartet, performing with special guest percussionist Colin Currie, Tuesday, February 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the acoustic richness of Bates Recital Hall.

Andrew Gerle may be one of the most talented and promising composers/writers for the theatre today.

Pianist Jonathan Biss will make his Carnegie Hall recital debut in the Stern Auditorium on Friday, January 21. The program for this concert is Janá?ek's Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street; the New York Premiere of Bernard Rands's Three Piano Pieces; Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F Minor 'Appassionata'; and Schumann's Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.carnegiehall.org; CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800; or the Carnegie Hall Box Office 57th Street & Seventh Ave.

The Opera Orchestra of New York will present its annual Vidda Award Recital featuring soprano Meagan Miller at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford is pleased to welcome Pulitzer and Grammy winning composer Jennifer Higdon as its 2010 "Unclaimed Property" Composer-in-Residence this December.

Pianist Jonathan Biss will make his Carnegie Hall recital debut in the Stern Auditorium on Friday, January 21. The program for this concert is Janá?ek's Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street; the New York Premiere of Bernard Rands's Three Piano Pieces; Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F Minor 'Appassionata'; and Schumann's Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at www.carnegiehall.org; CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800; or the Carnegie Hall Box Office 57th Street & Seventh Ave.