Sebastian Bach News

On January 6 and 7, Pace University's inaugural Pace Presents season at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in Lower Manhattan continues into 2012 with two evenings of performances by Taylor 2, the Paul Taylor Dance Company's acclaimed ensemble.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of The Arts continues its 2011-12 Bach and the Baroque series with Simone Dinnerstein: Bach and the Romantics.

On Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 4PM, organist Christopher Houlihan will perform a program featuring the Bach, Ravel, Liszt, Saint-Saens and Vierne. A "major talent" (The American Organist) and a "rising star of the organ world who already has his own fan club" (Cincinnati Enquirer), "Houli" is one of the brightest stars in the new generation of American organists. His upcoming program on January 22 is part of the N.P. Mander Organ Recital Series of Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concerts at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola.

Johann Sebastian Bach and the generations of musicians influenced by him will be the focus of Refracted Bach, a five-part festival, culminating in a performance of Bach's towering masterpiece the Mass in B Minor.

January 2012 will kick off the momentous 80th Anniversary of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, a National Historic Landmark, National Medal of Arts honoree, and America’s longest-running international dance festival.

Am Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2011 findet um 11.00 Uhr in der Wiener Staatsoper (Großes Haus) die zur Weihnachtszeit bereits zur Tradition gewordene Matinee der Ballettschule statt.

It's all about guitar heroes this January at The Iridium, as some of the instrument's most versatile players including Grammy-winner Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Jimmy Vivino (Conan), Jim Weider (The Band), Joe Louis Walker, Oz Noy, Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan), and more take the stage. Here are just some of the highlights:

Am Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2011 findet um 11.00 Uhr in der Wiener Staatsoper (Großes Haus) die zur Weihnachtszeit bereits zur Tradition gewordene Matinee der Ballettschule statt.

On January 6 and 7, Pace University's inaugural Pace Presents season at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in Lower Manhattan continues into 2012 with two evenings of performances by Taylor 2, the Paul Taylor Dance Company's acclaimed ensemble.

Heavenly melodies are at the heart of a romantic musical showcase when the North Carolina Symphony, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn and featuring concertmaster Brian Reagin and soprano Christina Pier, presents 'Mahler's Fourth Symphony.'

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) long-running Carnegie Hall series begins this season on December 15, 2011 with an imaginative holiday program pairing J.S. Bach with Olivier Messiaen.

Heavenly melodies are at the heart of a romantic musical showcase when the North Carolina Symphony, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn and featuring concertmaster Brian Reagin and soprano Christina Pier, presents 'Mahler's Fourth Symphony.'

This November, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance will feature iconic artists and eclectic performances by some of the finest musicians and dancers in Chicago and the nation.

This November, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance will feature iconic artists and eclectic performances by some of the finest musicians and dancers in Chicago and the nation.

SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark (Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, Producers) features direction by Philip William McKinley (The Boy From Oz), original direction by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Across The Universe, Frida), music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy Award-winners Bono and The Edge, and book co-written by Taymor, Glen Berger (Underneath The Lintel) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Fantastic Four and Spider-Man comics, 'Big Love'). The cast is led by Reeve Carney as ‘Peter Parker/Spider-Man,' Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano as ‘Mary Jane Watson,' T.V. Carpio as ‘Arachne,' Patrick Page as ‘Norman Osborn/Green Goblin.' In the video below, Broadway veteran SEbastian Bach chats about why he thinks he would have made the perfect Green Goblin. Bach has previously starred on stage in Jekyll & Hyde, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Rocky Horrow Show.

Oregon Ballet Theatre unravels the mysteries of the human heart this season with the help of toreadors and tortured artists, country girls and conjurers in the just announced 2011/2012 season. Our Fall Program will feature World Premiere Petrouchka from Nicolo Fonte coupled with the World Premiere of Carmen from Christopher Stowell. The holiday season features the return of Christopher Stowell's popular A Holiday Revue and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. The heart of our Winter program is the World Premiere of Lola de Avila's Giselle. In the spring we bring a mixed repertory program, Chromatic Quartet, which features Company Premiere George Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Company Premiere Christopher Wheeldon's Liturgy, Val Caniparoli's Lambarena and a World Premiere new work.

Mercury Baroque officially opens its 11th season tonight at 8:00pm with Encyclopedia Bach-tannica. The program will consist of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, which were originally written for a single harpsichord but has been adapted to be performed by a full orchestra.

Oregon Ballet Theatre unravels the mysteries of the human heart this season with the help of toreadors and tortured artists, country girls and conjurers in the just announced 2011/2012 season. Our Fall Program will feature World Premiere Petrouchka from Nicolo Fonte coupled with the World Premiere of Carmen from Christopher Stowell. The holiday season features the return of Christopher Stowell's popular A Holiday Revue and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. The heart of our Winter program is the World Premiere of Lola de Avila's Giselle. In the spring we bring a mixed repertory program, Chromatic Quartet, which features Company Premiere George Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Company Premiere Christopher Wheeldon's Liturgy, Val Caniparoli's Lambarena and a World Premiere new work.

Oxygen meddles with love once again with the season three return of the dating competition series 'Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too,' featuring former 'Bad Girls' - Judi (season seven), Kori (season six) and Sydney (season six) -- as they compete and search for love from a pool of 13 eligible suitors who can put up with their outrageous way

A Georgia production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, playing at Atlanta's Plaza Theatre has just been shut down by local political leaders for being overly offensive and too risque. After the mayor, Wayne Garner, was shown a video of the show in rehearsal, officials decided that an R-rated farce was not suitable for a city-owned venue, and the production was stopped.