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Midori Orchestra Residencies Program announces 2013-14 recipients
Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program has chosen the recipients of its 2013-14 residencies. They are Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra in Michigan; and Santa Rosa...
May 23, 2012
New ArtsEdSearch website charts benefits of arts education
The Arts Education Partnership has launched ArtsEdSearch.org, a new online research and policy clearinghouse documenting educational outcomes of arts learning for students and teachers. The site is designed...
May 22, 2012
New York Youth Symphony receives $500K grant
The New York Youth Symphony has received a $500,000 grant from the Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation to go toward the orchestra’s endowment fund. The Foundation also has...
May 21, 2012
Petrushka Project to tour London, Mainz, New York, and Beijing in June and July
This June and July, pianists Michael Brown and Christopher McKiggan will perform during a the New York leg of a tour of the new Petrushka Project, 70...
May 18, 2012
Albany Symphony’s annual American Music Festival set for May 17-20
The Albany Symphony Orchestra in New York is holding five events for this year’s American Music Festival of contemporary music. The festival runs from May 17...
May 17, 2012
Orchestra in Amman, Jordan petitions for funds to continue operations
Musicians from the Amman Symphony Orchestra in Jordan are collecting 5,000 signatures for an online petition to save their ensemble from folding due to proposed government budget cuts. The...
May 16, 2012
NEC announces members of next class of Sistema Fellows
The Sistema Fellows Program at New England Conservatory has announced the names of the ten musicians—eight women and two men—who will enter the fourth class of its...
May 15, 2012
Entries invited for third annual Rapido! Composition Contest
For the third annual Rapido! Composition Contest, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is inviting composers to submit chamber-music compositions between four and six minutes in length. The registration deadline for...
May 14, 2012
National Youth Orchestra of Iraq to visit U.K. in August
The National Youth Orchestra of Iraq has announced plans to travel to the U.K. to perform three concerts in August under its music director, Paul MacAlindin. The...
May 11, 2012
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