Samuel Barber News

In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café.

In May 1977 three artists--Robin Hirsch, a writer and director; Charles McKenna, an actor; and Raphaela Pivetta, a visual artist--stumbled across a tiny storefront on Cornelia Street in the heart of Greenwich Village and thought it the perfect place to open a café.

Dave and Chris Brubeck's Ansel Adams: America, featuring 100 projected photographs (New York premiere). All-American program includes works by recent Grammy®-Award-winner Bill Cunliffe (also a New York premiere), Samuel Barber, and Leonard Bernstein.

Two New York premieres will be featured in a concert by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall (Broadway at 65th St., Manhattan). One of the works, Ansel Adams: America (in its New York premiere) by jazz great Dave Brubeck and his son, Chris, will feature 100 projected images by the eminent American photographer. The all-American program also includes works by Bill Cunliffe (also a New York premiere), Samuel Barber, and Leonard Bernstein.

Offering up greater variety, including more than 50 debuts from Sting to Wagnerian tenor John Treleaven, Ravinia Festival Chairperson Pamela B. Strobel and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2010 season, including a Chicago Symphony Orchestra residency that celebrates major anniversaries of Mahler, Chopin, Schumann, Barber, Bernstein and Copland, as well as milestone birthdays of Music Director James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and Stephen Sondheim. The season, featuring 117 separate events, runs from June 3 through September 7.

On Wednesday, April 21 at 8:00pm conductor Anne Manson will lead the Juilliard Orchestra and Vocal Artists in Francis Poulenc's highly emotive Dialogues of the Carmelites, the final production of The Juilliard Opera Center season, directed by Fabrizio Melano.

On Tuesday, March 9th, the Ying Quartet-the Eastman School of Music Quartet-in-Residence-will perform at The Morgan Library & Museum beginning at 7:30pm.

The Philadelphia Orchestra needs your help feeding our hungry neighbors in the Delaware Valley! As part of the National Orchestras Feeding America Food Drive 2010, the Orchestra will be collecting non-perishable canned goods at the Kimmel Center one hour prior to the Orchestra's concerts on March 4-6, 11-13, and 16. All food donations collected at these performances will be generously matched by the Campbell Soup Company. All food will be donated to Philabundance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting hunger and malnutrition in the Delaware Valley. As a special thank you for participating in the 2010 Food Drive, all patrons who donate food will be entered to win a subscription to the Orchestra's 2010-11 Beyond the Score series.

The Bay Area's own internationally acclaimed dance company Smuin Ballet is chasing away the winter darkness with a stirring line-up that includes a rollicking tribute-in-dance to the Chairman of the Board with Fly Me to the Moon, paying homage to the songs made famous by Frank Sinatra.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra today announced its programs for the 2010-11 season of classical, Best of ..., pops and family concerts.

The Ed Palermo Big Band will play at the Iridium Jazz Club tonight, Wednesday 17th at 8:30 & 10:30PM.

On Tuesday, March 9th, the Ying Quartet-the Eastman School of Music Quartet-in-Residence-will perform at The Morgan Library & Museum beginning at 7:30pm.

Spring is in the air and flowers are beginning to bloom. Feed your creativity at Brooklyn Public Library (BPL).

Two New York premieres will be featured in a concert by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall (Broadway at 65th St., Manhattan).

In 1990 CIGNA approached The Philadelphia Orchestra with the concept of partnering to present a special concert for the people of the greater Philadelphia region that honored the legacy of the late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Twenty years later this great tradition continues as CIGNA presents The Philadelphia Orchestra's free Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Concert on Monday, January 18, 2010.

CPCC Opera Theatre to Present The Pirates of Penzance January 15-17

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming' (The New Yorker), presents its fifth annual program with the Department of Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8 PM, Killer B's-American Song From Amy Beach to the Beach Boys.

CPCC Opera Theatre to Present The Pirates of Penzance January 15-17

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), who 'redefined the song recital with daring and dramatic programming' (The New Yorker), presents its fifth annual program with the Department of Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School on Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8 PM, Killer B's-American Song From Amy Beach to the Beach Boys.

The Bay Area's own internationally acclaimed dance company Smuin Ballet is chasing away the winter darkness with a stirring line-up that includes a rollicking tribute-in-dance to the Chairman of the Board with Fly Me to the Moon, paying homage to the songs made famous by Frank Sinatra.