Yo-Yo Ma News

On the heels of receiving two Daytime Emmy® nominations, a season 4 pick up from Nickelodeon and phenomenal ticket sales for their upcoming live tour in Australia, Yo Gabba Gabba! announced theywill rock the preschool and young adult set in over 50 cities across North America in 2011 when today's hottest live show returns this fall.

The following acts are set for the June 2011 line-up at Joe's Pub: For additional information, visit: www.joespub.com

Maestro Paul Freeman, who founded the Chicago Sinfonietta 24 years ago, takes the podium as Music Director for the final time for the last concert of the Sinfonietta's 2010-2011 season, titled Women in Classical Music.

This year, Touchstone Theatre's sixth annual showcase of new plays written by local elementary and middle schools will be held at Baker Hall, the main stage at Zoellner Arts Center on Lehigh University's campus. The Young Playwrights' Festival will be held on May 21 at 7:00 pm, with a gala reception in the Lehigh University Art Galleries immediately following the performance.

Joe's Pub Announces the following line up for May: LADY RIZO: AN UNESCORTED TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE Friday, May 20 at 9:30 PM; $15 in advance / $20 at the door 'I've always been drawn to Nina Simone's music- the strength, versatility, the raw emotion. She is, simply put, a badass diva and did something with popular music that I aim to do today- to mix, separate and explore.' - Lady Rizo

Mesa Arts Center is pleased to announce its 2011-12 Performing Live Season featuring Bill Cosby, Yo Yo Ma, Vince Gill, k.d. lang, Lily Tomlin, Dave Koz and so much more. With the strongest line-up to date, the upcoming season is sure to surpass the great sales and ten sold-out shows of last season. To purchase tickets now and get a variety of other benefits, memberships are available starting at only $50. Tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Sunday, June 26, at noon.

The 2011-2012 season of Metropolitan Museum Concerts combines the return of acclaimed ensemble series - Pacifica Quartet, New York Philharmonic CONTACT!, and Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - with unique programs conceived to complement the Met's collection and galleries by a distinguished roster of world-renowned artists.

On March 25, 2010, General Director Brian Dickie announced Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) 2011 Spring Festival Season: the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, the Chicago Premiere of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Medea (Médée), and 'HE/SHE' featuring Leoš Janá?ek's The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Zápisník zmizelého) and Robert Schumann's A Woman's Love and Life (Frauenliebe und Leben).

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) brings its 2010-2011 Chamber Music Series to a close with four performances of Bohemian Rhapsodies, an opulent program of Romantic quartets, from April 30, 2011 to Sunday, May 8, 2011

Carlos Santana and the Santana Band are bringing their summer 2011 (SOCC) Sound of Collective Consciousness Tour to St. Louis on September 6th with special guest Michael Franti & Spearhead!

Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden returns to the Southern Theater with her mix of opera, cabaret, chamber music and rock, sharing the stage with conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic, whose members are some of NYC's most in-demand accompanists.

Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden returns to the Southern Theater with her mix of opera, cabaret, chamber music and rock, sharing the stage with conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic, whose members are some of NYC's most in-demand accompanists.

Stern Grove Festival, an idyllic outdoor park with great natural acoustics right in the city: http://www.sterngrove.org/

Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist of My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden returns to the Southern Theater with her mix of opera, cabaret, chamber music and rock, sharing the stage with conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic, whose members are some of NYC's most in-demand accompanists.

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), now in its 81st year, hosts its annual gala Wednesday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place.

Joe's Pub Announces the following line up for May: LADY RIZO: AN UNESCORTED TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE Friday, May 20 at 9:30 PM; $15 in advance / $20 at the door 'I've always been drawn to Nina Simone's music- the strength, versatility, the raw emotion. She is, simply put, a badass diva and did something with popular music that I aim to do today- to mix, separate and explore.' - Lady Rizo

Tras finalizar en Madrid la temporada de 'La Vida Por Delante', Concha Velasco se ha metido de lleno junto a Jose María Pou en la creación de un nuevo espectáculo musical - 'Yo Lo Que Quiero Es Bailar', un show en el que la actriz revisará su carrera profesional a través de sus mayores éxitos musicales.

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION: Evening Public Programs will be presented at the New York Society for Ethical Culture at 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West, unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, April 30, 1-3pm- Heritage Fest @ Iona College, New Rochelle NY located at 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle NY

Tomo Yo: My Friend - A Benefit for Japan held Friday, April 29th @ 11:30 PM at Joe's Pub