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Ravinia high on proven marquee names in upcoming schedule
The Ravinia Festival remains one of the nation’s heavyweight classical music impresarios even if it increasingly finds itself in the position of playing Goliath to the David of the Grant Park Music Festival at Millennium Park. Ho-hum symphonic...Tags: Miriam Fried, Services and Shopping, Woody Guthrie, Grammy Awards, Steely Dan (music group)
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The classy act of making music
Sitting criss-cross on the floor, four kindergartners each placed a hand on the double bass towering over them to feel the vibrations as it was played. "Wow! How does that feel?" asked Pacific Symphony bassist Doug Basye. "Does it tickle?" Basye gave...Tags: Concerts, Physiology, Aaron Copland, Science and Technology, Education
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PBS treats Baltimore's Cab Calloway as an American Master
It's not often in judging the biography of a great artist that you can just pick up the phone and call one of the people who knew him best — and remains a principal keeper of the historical flame.
But that is exactly the case with Cab Calloway, the...Tags: Concerts, Louis Armstrong, Dan Aykroyd, Gary Giddins, Movies
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PROJECT Trio weaves rock, hip-hop into classical compositions
Who says classical music has to be a formal affair? Not PROJECT Trio, a classical chamber ensemble fueled by the sounds of rock 'n' roll, hip-hop and jazz, from Guns ‘N Roses to Duke Ellington.
With some 66 million hits on YouTube, appearances on...Tags: Concerts, YouTube, Thelonious Monk, Aaron Copland, Nickelodeon (tv network)
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Ferguson Center takes a prize in recent Veer Local Music Awards
My reporting last week on the Veer Local Music Awards missed a few choice categories, ones that were included in the print edition of the Feb. 15 edition of the alternative paper. Most significant was the Ferguson Center's victory in the Best Performing...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Concerts, The American Theatre, Joshua Bell, Chrysler Hall
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Gryphon Trio: 'We love Beethoven'
The Gryphon Trio will be thinking a lot about Beethoven when this Canadian ensemble performs locally for the Candlelight Concert Society Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
"We love Beethoven," cellist Roman Borys...Tags: Concerts, Toronto (Canada), Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Education
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On face value, Hahn-Bin delivers a new experience
A tuxedo seems like the one sartorial item that Hahn-Bin might not wear when this 24-year-old violinist appears for the Candlelight Concert Society on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.
This hotshot performer...Tags: Concerts, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Grammy Awards, Culture, Frederic Chopin
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Blockbusters from the BSO
It is possible to quibble with the idea of cramming three blockbuster works into a single program, but the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra carries it off. Ravel's "Bolero," that brilliant study in rhythmic and melodic reiteration, not to mention crescendo,...Tags: Concerts, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Culture, Van Cliburn, Superman (fictional character)
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American String Quartet plays Candlelight concert
In classical music terms, one quartet plus one quartet equals an octet. You can hear that mathematical formula for yourself when the American String Quartet is joined by the Ariel String Quartet for a Candlelight Concert Society program on Saturday, Jan....Tags: Concerts, University of Cincinnati, Carney (music group), New York City, Education
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Mesa Musings: 'Loveliest Night' becomes a 6-year-old's anthem
I'm a reluctant extrovert. I'm not withdrawn or reticent — after all, I majored in drama for a time in college — but neither am I entirely unfettered in public settings. I like being with people, but I also relish my alone time. During my...Tags: Opera (genre), Movies, Richard Thorpe, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario Lanza
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Israel Baker, renowned violinist, dies at 92
As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most terrifying. He led the piercing attack of the violins...Tags: Movies, Concerts, World War II (1939-1945), Culture, Alban Berg
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