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Lincoln Center launches Family-Linc program of discounts and other welcoming activities
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City has launched Family-Linc, a program designed to encourage families with financial or other barriers to the arts...
December 15, 2014
Four composers receive Koussevitzky Foundation commissions
The Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress has awarded commissions for new works by four composers, granted jointly by the foundation and the performing organizations that...
December 12, 2014
More recordings news for December 2014
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has released a CD featuring Beethoven’s Symphony Nos. 1 and 7 on the Analekta label. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra has released two recordings on...
December 11, 2014
Recordings news, December 2014
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields have released an album entitled Bach on the Sony Classical label, featuring J.S. Bach’s first and second violin...
December 10, 2014
Austin Symphony ensembles bring free holiday concerts to area residents
With a monthlong program called “Christmas in the Community,” the Austin Symphony in Texas is bringing holiday music to area residents through a series of concerts featuring string, woodwind,...
December 9, 2014
Call for entries for Michigan’s Stulberg competition
The deadline is February 1, 2015 for violinists, violists, cellists, and double bassists under age 20 to apply for the Stulberg International String Competition, set to take...
December 8, 2014
Library of Congress celebrates Irving Fine centennial
Celebrations at the Library of Congress honoring American composer Irving Fine, born December 3, 1914 in Boston, opened on Tuesday of this week and continue through Saturday,...
December 5, 2014
Bay-Atlantic Symphony to mark state’s 350th by spotlighting NJ composers
Six musicians from the Bay-Atlantic Symphony will perform a chamber concert featuring music by New Jersey composers on December 6 at the Landis Theater in Vineland, New Jersey. The...
December 4, 2014
Musical America names 30 to “Profiles in Courage” list
Musical America, publisher of the annual International Directory for the Performing Arts and of the daily Musical America news website, has named 30 individuals to its “Professionals of the...
December 3, 2014
BMI Student Composer Awards
The deadline is February 6, 2015 for composers under age 28 to apply for the BMI Student Composer Awards, given annually for instrumental, vocal, or electronic compositions.... ...
December 2, 2014
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