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Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band took the musical world by storm after its publication on March 18, 1911, and remains one of the most popular songs in American music to this day.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is honored to present the first ever Chicago appearances of the Paris Opera Ballet, considered "one of the world's greatest companies" (Ballet News UK).

Led by Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, the Columbus Symphony will feature celebrated pianist Katherine Chi in the "Bolero" program which includes Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1, Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques, and Ravel's Bolero.

Featuring over 100 works from the museum's holdings by Constantin Brancusi, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, and Pablo Picasso, among others, The Great Upheaval: Modern Art from the Guggenheim Collection, 1910-1918 details the period of collaboration, interchange, synthesis, and innovation in the years leading up to World War I.

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.

Broadway sensation and celebrated vocalist Liz Callaway joins the Columbus Symphony for an evening of music by two true legends of the Great White Way, Stephen Sondheim and Frank Loesser.

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.

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.

Pianist Chie Sato Roden & chamber jazz ensemble Fire in July celebrate the release of their CD 'Streetcar Journey,' featuring the music of beloved American film composer Alex North (1910-1991) and his magnificent, jazz-inflected score to the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

Featuring over 100 works from the museum's holdings by Constantin Brancusi, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, and Pablo Picasso, among others, The Great Upheaval: Modern Art from the Guggenheim Collection, 1910-1918 details the period of collaboration, interchange, synthesis, and innovation in the years leading up to World War I.

Pianist Chie Sato Roden & chamber jazz ensemble Fire in July celebrate the release of their CD 'Streetcar Journey,' featuring the music of beloved American film composer Alex North (1910-1991) and his magnificent, jazz-inflected score to the 1951 classic 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

Broadway sensation and celebrated vocalist Liz Callaway joins the Columbus Symphony for an evening of music by two true legends of the Great White Way, Stephen Sondheim and Frank Loesser.

Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band took the musical world by storm after its publication on March 18, 1911, and remains one of the most popular songs in American music to this day.

The Great Upheaval: Modern Art from the Guggenheim Collection, 1910-1918 illuminates the dynamism of this fertile period, as artists hurtled toward abstraction and the ultimate 'great upheaval' of a catastrophic war, and also highlights the masterpieces of modern art that launched the museum's collection. The exhibition unites the Guggenheim Foundation's remarkable collections in New York and Venice in order to trace the origins of the museum and capture the spirit and dynamism of the European avant-garde.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

Guest conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke and guest pianist Vladimir Feltsman join the Columbus Symphony for the first of three concerts in their Mid-Winter Russian Masters Festival.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

Guest conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke and guest pianist Vladimir Feltsman join the Columbus Symphony for the first of three concerts in their Mid-Winter Russian Masters Festival.

Looking for a truly unique holiday gift this year? How about a once-in-a-lifetime experience? The upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which holds the spotlight for three and a half weeks next spring (April 7 to May 1), has you covered, with a slate of unprecedented programming featuring virtually every artistic genre, targeted to the young and young-at-heart alike. Today, with an eye towards making this year's gift-giving season the easiest yet, festival organizers announce a full menu of special ticket packages sure to please everyone on your list. Additionally, PIFA Holiday Ticket Packages are discounted 10% when bought together vs. single ticket prices. Any or all of the Ten Holiday Ticket Packages, each including 3 diverse programs, can be purchased online at www.pifa.org, or at the Kimmel Center Box office, and the newly re-designed PIFA website provides easy access to detailed information on all PIFA partner organizations and events.

In his second consecutive week with the New York Philharmonic this season, Sir Colin Davis will lead the Orchestra in two works by Elgar - the Introduction and Allegro, and the Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider as soloist - and Mozart's Symphony No. 36, Linz, Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 10, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 11, at 8:00 p.m.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in the New York Premiere of Thomas Adès's multimedia In Seven Days (Concerto for Piano with Moving Image), Thursday, January 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 8, at 8:00 p.m. The score, which the composer will perform at the piano in his Philharmonic debut, is synchronized with Israeli artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner's kaleidoscopic imagery, projected onto six large screens. Mr. Adès calls it a 'video-ballet in seven movements' that follows the story of creation. The program will also include Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson.

Looking for a truly unique holiday gift this year? How about a once-in-a-lifetime experience? The upcoming Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), which holds the spotlight for three and a half weeks next spring (April 7 to May 1), has you covered, with a slate of unprecedented programming featuring virtually every artistic genre, targeted to the young and young-at-heart alike.

Sir Colin Davis will lead the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, featuring Dorothea Röschmann in her Philharmonic debut, and tenor Ian Bostridge, Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 4, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. This program is part of a season-long focus honoring the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death and last season as music director of the Philharmonic. For more information, go to nyphil.org/mahler.

Sir Colin Davis will lead the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, featuring Dorothea Röschmann in her Philharmonic debut, and tenor Ian Bostridge, Thursday, December 2, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 4, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. This program is part of a season-long focus honoring the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth and the 100th anniversary of his death and last season as music director of the Philharmonic. For more information, go to nyphil.org/mahler.