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Oberlin and Apollo’s Fire to perform concert benefiting liver-transplant program
In Ohio, Oberlin Conservatory faculty, students, and alumni will join musicians from the Baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire on May 11 to perform a benefit concert for the...
May 10, 2013
Recordings news from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin
Among the orchestras and musicians with new recordings are California’s Pacific Symphony and Philharmonia Baroque; the Boston Modern Orchestra Project; the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; the Kansas City...
May 9, 2013
Ojai Music Festival to offer three-week online course
California’s Ojai Music Festival has announced the launch of OjaiU, a free three-week online course that begins on May 15 and is designed to provide insights into...
May 8, 2013
Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras to launch Kentucky’s first El Sistema-inspired program
The Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras, based in Lexington, has announced the launch of an intensive music-training program for second- and third-grade students beginning in August. The founder...
May 7, 2013
Bay-Atlantic Symphony to launch new series at Atlantic City casino
New Jersey’s Bay-Atlantic Symphony has announced a new five-concert summer series to take place at the Borgata Hotel Spa & Casino in Atlantic City, a first for...
May 6, 2013
Baltimore Symphony’s orchestral-fashion experiment with design students
On May 5, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marin Alsop and music students from New York City’s Mannes College of The New School will present “The Future...
May 3, 2013
Tucson Symphony spotlights alumnus and current students of Young Composers Project
Arizona’s Tucson Symphony Orchestra is set to perform compositions by members of the 2012-13 class of its Young Composers Project at public readings this month, with the...
May 2, 2013
Volunteers honored at Eugene Symphony and Knoxville Symphony
Mary Ann Hanson, a volunteer with Oregon’s Eugene Symphony, and Edie Volk, a volunteer with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in Tennessee, were recently honored for the contributions...
May 1, 2013
Marilyn Rosen forms new agency booking acts for orchestras
Marilyn Rosen, the longtime manager of the Symphony Division of the Boston-based booking and management agency Ted Kurland Associates, has formed her own agency, “Marilyn Rosen Presents.”...
April 29, 2013
Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus fundraiser, with local celebrities and voting
This month the Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus in Georgia has been conducting “Maestro for a Moment,” in which three candidates from the community are vying for...
April 30, 2013