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The National Women's Theatre Festival 22 is happening July 28 – 31, 2022 at NCSU's Frank Thompson Hall. Festival 22 will also be presented through a virtual option for attendees.

Carnegie Hall's Link Up music education program has facilitated deeper connections between the concert hall and the classroom through a highly participatory instrument-focused curricula. A new online concert—Link Up: The Orchestra Sings—is now available for teachers, students, and families everywhere.

Carnegie Hall today announced the schedule for the first-ever US tour by its acclaimed NYO Jazz set to take place on the heels of the June 24, 2022 release of the ensemble’s first full-length studio album, We’re Still Here.

Carnegie Hall today announced the release of NYO Jazz’s first full-length studio album, We’re Still Here, featuring Artistic Director and Bandleader/trumpeter Sean Jones and special guest Melissa Aldana on tenor saxophone, plus an appearance by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, available on June 24, 2022.

The Orpheum Theatre Group has announced that the annual Orpheum High School Musical Theatre Awards (HSMTA) will return for an in-person ceremony on Thursday, May 26 at 7pm at the Orpheum Theatre. View the full list of nominees.

On Sun, Feb 27 at 7:00 p.m., New Yorkers of all ages will take the Zankel Hall stage to showcase their original music, art, and poetry in AfroCosmicMelatopia.

The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) announced today that it will return to using indoor venues in Woodstock, Kingston and Saugerties for its upcoming 22nd anniversary slated for September 30 - October 3, 2021.

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute today announced the 2021–2022 grant recipients for PlayUSA, a program that supports community partner organizations across the country to help ensure equitable access for instrumental music education programs that serve K–12 students.

Carnegie Hall today announced that families, musicians, and partners from around the world will gather online Friday, June 11 at 5:00 p.m., for the Lullaby Project’s annual Celebration Concert to showcase original songs created as part of the project.

Songwriters of all ages from across the United States—all participants in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute education and social impact programs—will share their thoughts, hopes, and visions for a better world through original music written this year as part of In Response. Tune in on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. EDT.

Responding to the needs of teachers and parents overseeing learning from home during COVID-19, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI)-the Hall's music education and social impact arm-has expanded its range of digital music education offerings now available for free to educators around the globe.

From July 6-17, more than 200 of the country's most outstanding teen musicians-hailing from 41 states across the USA-come together to form an online virtual musical community, taking part in Carnegie Hall's three acclaimed national youth ensembles-the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA), NYO2, and NYO Jazz.

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI) today announced the 2020-2021 grant recipients for PlayUSA, a program that supports a wide range of instrumental music education projects across the United States, all specifically designed to reach low-income and underserved students on a local level.

Carnegie Hall today announced that the Weill Music Institute's (WMI) Lullaby Project has expanded its free digital offerings providing fun and interactive music activities for families at home with babies and toddlers.

The Vail Valley Foundation today announced that the Vail Dance Festival will cancel all in-person performances for the 2020 season.

Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI)-the Hall's music education and social impact arm-has recently expanded the range of music education offerings available to families online.

On Sunday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m., New Yorkers of all ages will take the Zankel Hall stage for All Together: Songs for Joy, a special evening of new and original songs inspired by a new adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's poem a?oeOde to Joya?? by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith who has reimagined the original poem as a contemporary meditation on community, politics, and spirit.

Carnegie Hall today announced that the Weill Music Institute's (WMI) Lullaby Project has received a three-year grant from the William Penn Foundation to implement the program in Philadelphia. This spring, the Lullaby Project will pilot in Philadelphia.

There is something about Hatty Ryan King a?" the young woman playing Alice Murphy in Lipscomb University Theatre's superb production of Bright Star (the recent Broadway musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell) now onstage at Collins Alumni Auditorium through November 10 a?" that sets her apart from her peers, that makes her seem destined for greatness and which ensures that every role she takes on is elevated by her unerring instincts, her palpable presence and her inestimable talent.

The Waterville Opera House (WOH) is seizing the day with Disney's Newsies the Musical! With nonstop thrills, a timeless message of right over might, delightful dancing, and iconic high-energy songs, you're sure to have a whizbang of a time! Opening on Friday, November 8th, this production will run through Sunday, November 17th at the Waterville Opera House located at 1 Common Street in downtown Waterville. Tickets are available at www.operahouse.org or by calling 207-873-7000.