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Documentary film about music and memory loss hits U.S. theaters

The documentary Alive Inside, winner of the Audience Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, is being screened at movie theaters and film festivals throughout the U.S. this summer....

July 24, 2014

Bridgehampton festival’s 2014 season: world premieres and museum partnership

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, has announced twelve concerts for its 31st season, which will run from July 30 to...

July 23, 2014

Port Angeles Symphony releases its first wine

The Port Angeles Symphony, located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, has partnered with a local winery to create its first wine, “Rhapsody in Red.”...

July 22, 2014

Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras to tour Argentina in late July

Madison-based Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras has announced that its premier ensemble, the Youth Orchestra, will tour Argentina from July 24 to August 3 under the direction of...

July 21, 2014

NYO-USA musicians show their humorous side

Musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA have been producing and posting short YouTube videos during their 2014 residency and tour, now underway. The vignettes, each...

July 18, 2014

Recordings news, July 2014

On August 5, the American Composers Orchestra in New York City will release Orchestra Underground: Tech & Techno, its fifth digital album, featuring music by Mason Bates, Edmund Campion,...

July 17, 2014

Pacific Symphony’s summer program for middle-schoolers

More than 100 middle-school students in Orange County, California are participating in the Pacific Symphony’s arts-X-press summer program, in which they study theater, visual art, vocal music, and instrumental...

July 16, 2014

Princeton Symphony’s 2014-15 season

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra has announced that its 2014-15 main season—five Classical Series performances from September to May at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium—will include music by American composers William...

July 15, 2014

Indianapolis Symphony to expand community engagement with new series

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is launching the 317 Series, an initiative in which the orchestra will expand its performances into Hendricks County and in the Greater Greenwood...

July 14, 2014

Houston Symphony’s Day of Music to celebrate diversity

The Houston Symphony with hold its second annual free Day of Music festival on July 12 at Jones Hall, featuring 25 performances on six stages in genres ranging...

July 11, 2014