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  • Snowbirds filling Marco’s pews Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:31PMHouses of worship in the greater Marco area are ready to embrace the influx of seasonal residents. This ebb and flow of visitors is part of life on Marco.
  • Daniel Szabo Instrument | Piano Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:23PMJazz - All About Jazz | Music, Clubs and Culture
  • Artistic bunch Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:18PMWith seven Bengali artists on show and different styles of artistic expression to debate and enjoy, the gathering had a good time interacting with the artists and discussing their work.
  • Classical to contemporary Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:17PMAt Seva Sadan Auditorium, Malleswaram, in a span of two and a half hours, the audience got to experience two performances that were poles apart in rendition, music and choreography.
  • Music palette Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:14PMThe band Swarathma comprising Vasu Dixit (vocals, rhythm guitar), Varun (guitars), Sanjeev Nayak (violins), Montry Manuel (drums), Jishnu Dasgupta (bass) and Pavan Kumar (percussions) surely rocked the audience the entire evening.
  • Turtle Island Quartet has blended jazz and strings for nearly quarter of a century Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:09PMDavid Balakrishnan took a leap. Some might call it brave, others dumb luck. Either way, now he looks brilliant. For nearly a quarter century, Balakrishnan has taken two beloved forms of music — string quartets and jazz— and mashed them into something that is both reverential and ground breaking.
  • ‘Dyip’ Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:05PMThe idea for today’s column came the other day when I was listening to an American talk show where one of the hosts mentioned a news item about a 19-year-old man being convicted for violating a city anti-noise ordinance by driving down a street with his truck’s windows rolled down while his stereo blared out rap music.
  • CARNEGIE HALL CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF HUNGARY FROM JANUARY 24FEBRUARY 14 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:24PMFrom January 24 through February 14, Carnegie Hall presents Celebrating Hungary, a collection of concerts that place the spotlight on the folk, symphonic, chamber, and new music of Hungary with performances by leading artists.
  • 8 Members Of Miami U. Glee Club Injured In Pa. Van Crash Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:18PMA van carrying members of the Miami University glee cub rolls over, injuring eight people.
  • Music Industry: CDs, Album Sales Fall Further Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:58AMDigital, vinyl sales are bright spots; bad news for the classical, country, and Latin genres.
  • Launch of Giant Steps Jazz Course -- "Mini Course"; Three Residential Weekends and Four Self-Study Weeks Starting 28th ... Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:17AM Combining the best features of a weekend workshop, a residential course and a full-time music education, this jazz course comprises three residential weekend modules, interspersed with four self-study weeks.By the end of the very first weekend, attendees will create and record two original group compositions, producing "head" arrangements, solos and backings! Starts 28th February 2009, at the ...
  • Reviving cinema: BAM, Film Forum, Walter Reade carry on a classical tradition Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:08AMIn the 1980s, the old model of repertory theatres was dying. Tattered theatres screening classic films became valuable real estate, eagerly acquired by developers. Manhattan’s Thalia, Elgin, Regency and Bleecker Street Cinema all closed.
  • Nadia Reisenberg: A Chopin Treasury Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:24AMClassical music has always produced superstar performers who thrill the public and claim widespread attention. But there have also always been dedicated artists with lower profiles who influence the field from within and enjoy productive and important careers.
  • Chopin helps Nadia Reisenberg, a forgotten pianist, come back to life Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:17AMShe was best known as a teacher later in her life at the Juilliard School but a new CD set of her Chopin interpretations has revived interest in her early career as a concert pianist.
  • Out with (some of) the old, in with the new Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:06AM2009 opens with uncertainty on almost every front, and the arts and entertainment scene is no exception. Still, there are plenty of bright spots on the cultural horizon in Las Vegas.
  • Nordic Lights at AKA Resort Hua Hin Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:55AMAKA Resort Hua Hin together with Samudra Beach Resort & Residences present an exclusive concert by Goran Fristorp, renowned Scandinavian singer, guitarist and songwriter, on Saturday 17 January at AKA
  • Dweezil Zappa does dad justice Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:24AM They call it the You Can’t Fit on Stage Anymore Tour for good reason, but not entirely because of the vast amount of equipment that was sandwiched into the McPherson Playhouse last night.
  • The best local records of 2008 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:24AMWhat: We here at Weekend have to admit that sometimes it’s quite difficult finding 10 records worthy of being on our annual list of the best local albums of the year. Don’t get us wrong, each year brings us some great local music, but a lot of times there’s about six killer works, and then it’s all about picking four discs from a pile of just-OK records. That is not the case this year. In 2008, ...
  • Jack Black goes country Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 4:42PMJack Black may have been schooled in rock...
  • School Page: A taste of classical music Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 4:41PMThe sounds of classical music filled Immokalee High School’s auditorium. All eyes, and especially ears, were on the internationally known Synergy Brass Quintet as its members played two trumpets, a horn, trombone and tuba.
  • Article: iPhone Gems: Bugs, Balloons, and Crystal Defenders Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 4:33PMThe flow of new iPhone games shows no sign of letting up, and though we’ve been playing a lot of them, we decided this week to focus on only four titles. They range from a remake of a classic arcade game, to an iPhone version of a previously reviewed Click Wheel iPod game, a kid-friendly bug-squashing title, and a remake of a classic TI-83 programmable calculator game. Centipede: Retro Bug ...
  • Sales of albums slide in the US Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:41AMAlbum sales dip 14% in the US during 2008, but music purchases rise overall due to a surge in digital sales.
  • Native American Composers Making Their Mark Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:11AM"A small but growing number of American Indian musicians are embracing classical music. Drawing as much from European composers as traditional American Indian harvest songs, the music and the musicians are getting noticed in concert halls and on reservations."
  • A rare mehfil in troubled times Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 9:39AMCOMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! It’s almost two months since it happened. The shock and anger have subsided; the pain remains. Just as a person with a toothache rolls his tongue over the tooth that hurts, I go over what happened in Mumbai on November 26 last year and the pain returns.
  • Arts Council radio launching Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:45PMAFTER much wrangling, allegation and even a bomb threat, the Arts Council will commence broadcasting on January 4 under the new licence sharing system imposed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and according to Arts Council president, Sally Hofman, it will be a great post-Christmas surprise preceded by a few days of equipment testing.
  • Moby’s science dream Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:13PMMoby wanted to be a scientist when he was a child.
  • Sarasota students learn from inaugural violinist Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:48PMClassical violinist and Sarasota snowbird Itzhak Perlman has just signed on to teach an annual winter program for young musicians from around the world. As exciting as that is, something else has come up that his wife of 42 years calls the greatest thrill of their lives.
  • Toru Dodo, jazz pianist, brings trio to Summit Unitarian Church Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 2:28PMSUMMIT -- Jazz pianist and composer Toru Dodo performs in a trio with bassist Joseph Lepore and drummer Rodney Green, at The Unitarian Church in Summit at 4 Waldron Ave., at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11. The performance is...
  • Ribbon cutting celebration Jan. 14 for Community Center and Crowninshield House Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:44PMThe Lee County Board of County Commissioners, Lee County Parks and Recreation, Lee County Library System, Friends of Boca Grande Community Center, Boca Grande Woman’s Club and Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association are inviting the community to celebrate the completion of the Boca Grande Community Center and Crowninshield Community House Renovation Project on Wednesday, Jan. ...
  • Questions/Answers Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:44PMQuestions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. PASADENA - Liz Marin of Whittier was among the dozens of people who with patience and care gave life Tuesday to "Seaside Amusement," the Cal Poly Universities entry in the 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade.
  • Tchaikovsky: revival of an underrated great Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:46PMKLIN, Russia /LONDON (Reuters) - A wobbly table in a blue wooden house overlooking silver birch trees is witnessing the worldwide revival of interest in the work of an often underrated 19th-century Russian composer.
  • Jake Heggie: Three Decembers Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:37PMHomepage of ConcertoNet.com, the Classical Music Network
  • Pandora for Windows Mobile available now for all Windows Mobile phones Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:31PMDecember 30, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R. Pandora is a music service, where users can listen, also for free, to any music by streaming it in a way similar to radio, but users can chose what kind of music they want to listen to!
  • East Embraces West in DPA Music Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:30PMCombining the Chinese and Western instruments in the Divine Performing Arts orchestra is an "ingenious move."
  • London Mayor’s Culture Maven Hates ‘Dumbing Down’: Interview Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:27PMDec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Munira Mirza runs Mayor of London Boris Johnson ’s arts policy from an office perched on the eighth floor of a leaning glass tower.
  • 13:11 (BST), 29/12/2008 Zu Online Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Without music, no virtual world can be ... Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:15PMWithout music, no virtual world can be perfect. Without music, the gaming experience won’t be perfect either.
  • Guardian Daily podcast: Man behind massacre of 800,000 people; plus Rachel Nickell killer confesses Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:45AM Theoneste Bagosora has been jailed for life for masterminding the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Chris McGreal , who reported from Rwanda at the time, explains how Bagosora directed the massacre of 800,000 people, and what it means for international criminal courts. The murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992 caused public revulsion. As Duncan Campbell explains, the police were ...
  • Moby dreamt of science Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 9:31AMMoby says he wanted to be a scientist when he was a child, but turned to music after he saw a Sid Vicious video.
  • Television Executive Returns to See Divine Performing Arts Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 8:30AMMr. Friedman announced: “It was beautiful and the addition of the live orchestra this year made it even better than last year and I loved it last year.”
  • Coming up Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:34AM"EPIPHANY": 7 p.m. South of Broadway Theatre Company Studios, 1080 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston. South of Broadway presents "Epiphany," a classical concert to celebrate the beginning of the new year.
  • Ex-Lemonheads guitarist a star in academia as Rutgers professor heads to Rome Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 5:47AMT. Corey Brennan is a lifer.
  • Moby chose music over science Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:36AMMoby wanted to be a scientist when he was a child. The Play hit maker considered several career paths when he was growing up, before settling on the music business after being inspired by punk band t
  • Entertainment Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:35AMMoby wanted to be a scientist when he was a child. The Play hit maker considered several career paths when he was growing up, before settling on the music business after being inspired by punk band the Sex Pistols.
  • Hard work makes for awkward play in operetta Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:34AMThere are times when the magic of theatre has to work that much harder to weave its magic spell and carry us off to a faraway place.
  • The Lowe Family comes to Beaver Creek Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:14AMThe musically-inclined Lowe family puts on a Christmas spectacular Tuesday at the Vilar Center
  • Ulvo Ensemble | The Sound Of Rain Needs No Translation Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:09AMThose fortunate people who have listened to Norwegian piano trio Eple Trio would not be surprised by this beautiful debut from pianist Andreas Ulvo. Just as his Eple Trio blurred the artificial distinctions within specific genres, his Ulvo Ensemble follows suit and combines elements from jazz, classical and traditional music in an impressive, organic manner.
  • Community notices (Dec. 29) Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:17AMNew Church of the Southwest Desert, A Swedenborgian Church, 1302 Bennett St., will hold special activities at the church in January. • Cinema is held at 6:30 p.m. and a discussion will follow. Suggested donations are $3. Jan. 9: "Snow Walker"; Jan. 16: "Déj Vu"; and Jan. 23: "Believe in Me."
  • Russian ensemble enthralls church audience Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:04AMMERIDEN - As part of its efforts to widen its appeal, Center Congregational Church hosted a Russian musical ensemble Sunday.
  • Classical Music 2009: Anticipating great performances Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 11:09PMEastern promise: “Byzantium” is among the pieces on the Paul Taylor Dance Company program, which opens in April. Courtesy Photo SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Opera and other organizations will have to deal with the economic downturn by scaling back their activities; at least two planned opera productions have been canceled already.
  • A look back reveals vibrant classical moments in Kansas City Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 10:49PMSure the global recording business seems to be in shambles, but discs still are being made and, in the local music scene, with great results.