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That hot new song? It's really 400 years old Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:24PMThe happy convergence of luck and pluck -- plus Internet-powered word-of-mouth -- has put Coral Gables-based chamber choir and orchestra Seraphic Fire in the same orbit as pop music's biggest ladies: Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum.
Digital Dose: New classical discs feature Jeremy Denk, San Francisco Symphony, David Griffin, and Brian Manker Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:10PMThe classical edition of "Digital Dose" for late August features pianist Jeremy Denk playing Ives, the San Francisco Symphony's last Mahler installment, the Chicago Symphony's fourth horn, and cellist Brian Manker playing Bach.
He strives to decode the masters Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:00AMLENOX -- The ideal book about listening to classical music, says Yale professor Craig Wright, would have only one copy. Does that sound strange coming from a musicologist who has written five books, including one on "Listening to Music"?
Canadian Brass looking forward, not back, as another Blossom visit nears Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:10PMAs the legendary brass quintet prepares for another visit to Blossom Music Center this weekend, it's downplaying a major milestone and focusing instead on its new members.
Biofile with Wynton Marsalis Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 1:21AMStatus: Nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz performer. DOB: October 18, 1961 In: New Orleans, LA Hobbies/Interests: "Play basketball. I like to read. I like to play chess." Favorite Movies: "[Pause]...see, it's so many. Let me see if I can...any Hitchcock. Elie Kazan's. John Ford. [Pause]...favorite movies...there's so many good ones...I can't remember the name. It has Andy Griffith in it. He ...
For Pianist, Software Is Replacing Sonatas Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 4:26AMRobert Taub has put his concert career aside to develop computer aids for musicians.
Robert Taub’s MuseAmi Creates Music Software Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:44PMRobert Taub has put his concert career aside to develop computer aids for musicians.
Remembering Harlem's Finest: Bud Powell Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:35PMIf you ever want to hear a piano laugh, listen to Bud Powell. And when you want to hear that same piano get deeply sentimental or sound like its catching fire, stick with Bud Powell. Born in Manhattan in 1924, Bud Powell was the heir to ragtime and stride pianists Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson and Earl Hines. He was also the pianist who, along with Thelonious Monk, brought bebop’s dialect to his ...
David Lee Roth Vs Sammy Hagar- Stone Poneys Star Dies- Stone Temple Rebellion- Korny TV- Conan N' Jack White- Slash ... Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:24AMThe Day in Rock Digest for 8/20/10
From Russia to Israel to San Bruno, with guitar Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:58PMApparently, slipping a prayer between the cracks of Jerusalem’s Western Wall really works. When Yuri Liberzon learned he had been accepted into Baltimore’s prestigious Peabody Institute to study classical guitar, he knew he would have to decline because of the steep $30,000 tuition.
LP to CD ??? Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:14AMI have a few Classical LP's but this one in particular I realy love. Bach Organ Recital by Carl Weinrich on the Organ. Recorded On EMI Music for Pleasure label in the 60s. I have tried to find it on CD but alas no luck so far.
Ximo Tebar: Merging Sounds Into a Jazz Style Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:22AMMusician, producer and director of his own music school, Ximo Tebar stands out as the main jazz figure in Valencia, Spain. His music and talent, however, have also given him an international stature as an excellent guitarist and composer. His frequent collaborations with some of the finest musicians in the jazz scene, the stylistic variety of his recording and his admirable work capacity make ...
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz En Dominicana Interviews Vardan Ovsepian Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:06PMVardan Ovsepian is an Armenia-born pianist/composer who most recently appeared as part of the Peter Erskine New Trio in the World Jazz Circuit Latina America 2010-2011 season. His education includes the Yerevan State Conservatory, the Estonian Music Academy, the Helsinki Jazz Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music. A recording artist who has released 4 CDs with the Barcelona-based "Fresh ...
Coming Through Slaughter Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 8:45AMFor anyone who has ever launched expletives at the finnicky, rudimentary "undo" functions on computer software programs, this video rings horribly true. For others, it's just a fun short that brings together art and technology in a pretty clever way.
Goings on About Town: Dance Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 11:09PMgoatTitle--“SITELINES” / LOVID The site-specific series “Sitelines” (part of the River to River Festival) finishes up with the interdisciplinary duo of Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus. In keeping with its high-tech-meets-homemade aesthetic, the team offers “Trichrome Navigation,” which engages both . . .
Valentina Lisitsa: international woman of mystery Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 3:12PMWhen the Ukrainian pianist posted her sizzling practice sessions online, 16,000 people watched. But who is she?
Mitch Miller, musician and bandleader, dies at age 99 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 12:02AMMitch Miller, a musician and record-company executive who became one of the 20th century's most influential forces in popular music as the producer who launched the recording careers of singers Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis and Patti Page, died Saturday at a hospital in New York of complications from surgery. He was 99.
Local concerts Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:24PMLOCAL CONCERTS John Lennon tour bus pulling into town OGDEN -- Have you ever wanted to take a peek inside a professional recording studio? Your day has come. The John Lennon Educational Tour bus is coming to town on Wednesday to record Skaface, the Roy High School band and winner of the 2010 Standard-Examiner Battle of the Bands. read more
Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of New College, Oxford announce new recording label Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:44AMEdward Higginbottom and his Choir of New College, Oxford have announced the creation of their new recording label, Novum. The choir’s first release will be Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers .
Anthony Rolfe Johnson obituary Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:34AMMellifluous tenor outstanding in the Passions of Bach and operas of Britten One of the most attractive and intelligent tenors from the 1970s onwards, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, who has died aged 69, tackled a very wide repertoire. Its twin peaks were his Bach and his Britten. He was magisterial as the Evangelist in Bach's St John and St Matthew Passions, recording them both, and took on most of the ...
Steinway Schedules Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call for August 5th Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:24PMSteinway Musical Instruments, Inc. , one of the world's leading manufacturers of musical instruments, today announced that it plans to issue an advisory release after the stock market closes on Thursday, August 5, 2010, notifying the public that its earnings release for the second quarter ending June 30, 2010 has been posted to the Company's website, www.steinwaymusical.com ...
Singer recalls the ‘agony and ecstasy’ of Spector Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 12:30PMIn April 2009, legendary rock producer Phil Spector was found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death six years earlier of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson, 40. He was sentenced to 19 years to life.
Manfred Eicher: the sound man Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:28AMAdmired by Radiohead, friend of Godard, Manfred Eicher is the founder of ECM, one of the most successful jazz labels in the world. He tells Richard Williams how he has survived the virtual disintegration of the music industry On his desk lie a John Cheever novel and the collected poems of Wallace Stevens. A photograph of his friend Jean-Luc Godard is attached to the pinboard on the wall, close ...
Top pianist plays in St Albans Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 3:36AMA PIANIST who has won worldwide critical acclaim will perform free in St Albans on Saturday night.