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ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News - Music
Sacramento Philharmonic Saves Its 2012-13 Season
 Sacramento Bee 05/16/12 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:36:11 -0800
Australian Nat'l University Drops Plan To Sack All Music Staff And Make Them Reapply
 The Canberra Times 05/14/12 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:16:08 -0800
Reinvigorating Russian Orthodox Sacred Music
 Gramophone 05/03/12 Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:28 -0800
Another Sistema Graduate On A Conducting Fast-Track
 Gramophone 05/14/12 Wed, 16 May 2012 01:01:55 -0800
Sequenza21/
Princeton Symphony Plays Sarah Kirkland Snider
 Princeton Symphony Orchestra Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, NJ May 13, 2012 ChamberMusicianToday.com PRINCETON – The Princeton Symphony’s final concert of its classical season included two repertory staples – Brahms’s Fourth Symphony and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major – as well as a revised version of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s sole work to date for orchestra, Disquiet. [...] Tue, 15 May 2012 11:46:18 +0000
2012 Outsound Summit lineup revealed
 The San Francisco Bay Area’s underground music scene will come together this coming July in an annual celebration of its tremendous range of styles, its love of improvisation, and its collective obsession with new and unusual timbres and techniques.  It’s the 11th Annual Outsound New Music Summit!  All events will take place at the San [...] Tue, 15 May 2012 02:11:43 +0000
Tonight: Smooke has not One but Two Premieres
 TWO PREMIERES BY DAVID SMOOKE by Judah Adashi Here in Baltimore, we take great pride in our vibrant music scene. Indeed, it’s so vibrant that my friend and colleague, David Smooke, has two local premieres in one night! (OK, one of them is in DC, but we mustn’t let such details stand in the way [...] Fri, 11 May 2012 14:39:50 +0000
Shai Wosner: Debut of Michael Hersch’s Piano Concerto (A Preview)
 On May 15th, pianist Shai Wosner will be performing a brand new Piano Concerto by Michael Hersch. Titled along the ravines, the piece will be making its first ever concert appearance with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, Tuesday May 15th at 7:30 PM. Shai explains how he came upon his interest for the new [...] Thu, 10 May 2012 22:02:37 +0000
Alabama Symphony at Spring for Music
 Tonight, the Alabama Symphony, conducted by Justin Brown, appears at Carnegie Hall as part of Spring for Music, a week long celebration of out-of-town orchestras with adventurous programming aesthetics. Many of them are making their Carnegie Hall debuts; all of them are bringing programs of interest and demonstrating that, despite the oft-reported economic vicissitudes in [...] Thu, 10 May 2012 17:52:25 +0000
NYT > Music
Chuck Brown, Pioneer of ‘Go-Go’ Funk Music, Dies at 75
 Mr. Brown styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
A Chinese Composer Sounds Off About Music and Politics
 A leading contemporary composer in China says the country is backward in a range of educational and cultural areas, including music, even though Chinese musicians and composers do extremely well abroad. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Sheera Ben-David at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
 Sheera Ben-David’s new show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency delivers songs about romantic afterglow and isolation. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
New York Continuo Collective at St. Luke’s Church
 Scenes from Monteverdi’s operas were given a reverent performance by the New York Continuo Collective, an ensemble dedicated to early Baroque music. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Latin Pop Group Maná Draws Adoring Crowds
 Maná, a rock group that sings only in Spanish, has been attracting fans, both recent immigrants and others, in the United States for decades. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
The New Yorker:  Arts & Culture
Silvia Killingsworth: Atera in Tribeca review.
 paragraph class="noindent">New York has seen cupcake and fried-chicken fads, but the city’s current food idol is the ramp, a limp and unassuming wild onion harvested in early spring. Ramps are featured in several dishes at the forager chef Matthew Lightner’s Atera, in Tribeca . . . Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT
Lorrie Moore: Richard Ford’s terse poetry in “Canada.”
 Richard Ford is a writer of jangling personal fascination to many in the literary world. Charming and charmed, he is an embodiment of interesting and intimidating contradictions: a Southern childhood, a Midwestern education, a restless adulthood occurring not just in New York and New Jersey but in seemingly every state . . . (Subscription required.) Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT
James Wood: Laurent Binet’s “HHhH” and historical fiction.
 The American Ambassador’s residence in Prague was built in the late nineteen-twenties by Otto Petschek. The Petscheks were among the wealthiest families in Czechoslovakia, and the mansion was lavish: long curving corridors, ornate bathrooms, a swimming pool in the basement. The Petscheks were also German-speaking Jews . . . Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT
Hilton Als: Nathan Lane in Robert Falls’s “The Iceman Cometh.”
 Is Nathan Lane his generation’s Ethel Merman? While watching him take on the role of Theodore (Hickey) Hickman in Robert Falls’s complicated, intellectually bracing staging of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” (at the Goodman, in Chicago), I kept imagining Lane . . . (Subscription required.) Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT
Goings on About Town: The Theatre
 PageBreak -->OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. COCK The Royal Court produced this play by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald, about a man who breaks up with his boyfriend and falls in love with . . . Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT
All About Jazz News
EVENT: Grammy Award-Winning Composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Michael Cristofer to Premiere New Opera at Opera Theatre of St. Louis
 Five-Time Grammy Award-Winning Composer Terence Blanchard and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Michael Cristofer to Premiere New Opera at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis a€oeChampion,a€ a co-commission with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Jazz St. Louis, will receive world premiere June 15-30, 2013...
TECHNOLOGY: Can Anything Take Down the Facebook Juggernaut?
 Sometime in early 2004, as Mark Zuckerberg was furiously coding the first iterations of The Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, the Internet passed what then seemed to be an impressive milestone: 750 million people worldwide had become connected. The exact birthdate of the Internet is difficult to pin down, but ita€(TM)s fair to say that it took at least three decades for the net to reach a population of that size...
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Sophie B. Hawkins to Release Highly Anticipated 6th Album 'The Crossing' on June 19, 2012
 Sherman, Oaks, CA - Lightyear Entertainment, in association with Trumpet Swan Records, is proud to announce the release of the brilliant new studio album from Sophie B. Hawkins, entitled 'The Crossing'. The album will be released through EMI in the U.S. and Canada on June 19, 2012. European distribution will be through in-akustik, who will release the album simultaneously...
EVENT: Tribute to Delaney and Bonnie and Their Famous Friends Set for 6/8 at Highline in NYC
 A Tribute to Delaney and Bonnie and Their Famous Friends is Set for June 8th at The HighLine Ballroom in NYC One-of-a-kind Event, to Benefit Theatre Within, to be Presented by Hudson Thames Partners and Hi-Fidelity Music; Will feature the music of Delaney and Bonnie, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Derek and The Dominos, George Harrison, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Little Richard, and more, performed by a NYC all-star band a€' See Line-Up, Below...
INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Herman
 All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Herman's birthday today! After early experience in Chicago with the bands led by Tom Gerun and Harry Sosnik, Woody Herman toured with Gus Arnheim. In 1934, he joined Isham Jones, and when Jones\'s group disbanded in 1936 Herman used its leading sidemen as the nucleus for his own orchestra. This band went through a number of changes of personnel, such as the inclusion in 1943 of Chubby Jackson and in 1944 of Neal Hefti, Ralph Burns, Flip Phillips... Read more...
PlaybillArts.com
Seeing Double
 American Ballet Theatre's repertory is well stocked with works that offer dancers the opportunity to exploit something rather like a split personality. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:00 EST
Nina Stemme: Becoming Salome
 This month, Franz Welser-Möst leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a rare concert performance of Strauss's Salome. In a recent break from her performances in Tosca at the Vienna State Opera, Nina Stemme discussed the challenge of performing as Salome in what will be her Carnegie Hall debut. Fri, 11 May 2012 17:00:00 EST
A Glittering New Look: NYCB Unveils New Costumes for Symphony in C
 Symphony in C, the effervescent tutu ballet George Balanchine choreographed in 1947 for the Paris Opéra Ballet, returns to the New York City Ballet repertory at the Company's Spring Gala on May 10, after an absence of four years. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:00 EST
With the Crack of a Whip, and a Warm Embrace
 Magnus Lindberg's journey as a composer, and three years as the Philharmonic's Composer-in-Residence, has brought the former radical to a warm embrace of tradition. Scott Timberg explores the path that has led to the premiere of the Finn's Piano Concerto No. 2 this month. Wed, 09 May 2012 17:00:00 EST
Making the Grade
 Marina Harss highlights the women who make up the the famous "Kingdom of the Shades" scene from La Bayadère. Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:00 EST
NYT > Jazz
Jazzrael Festival in New York
 Over the next week and a half, musicians will take part in Jazzrael, a festival of jazz and world music presented by the Israeli Consulate in New York. Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
‘Ethel Waters: Blues, Broadway and Jazz’ at Lincoln Center
 Michael Feinstein led a powerful night of tribute to the jazz singer Ethel Waters at Lincoln Center. Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Don Was Tries to Revive Blue Note Records
 After some difficult years Blue Note Records is set for a revival with ambitious new releases and a new president, the award-winning producer Don Was. Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
United Nations Tunes Up for First International Jazz Day
 Unesco is preparing to celebrate the first International Jazz Day with a concert Monday at the United Nations General Assembly. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Wayne Shorter Quartet at Rose Theater
 The Wayne Shorter Quartet gave a magnificent and volatile performance at the Rose Theater on Friday night. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400
NewMusicBox
Great Expectations: The Challenge of New Music In New Spaces
 When new music groups perform in rock clubs and other similar venues they are counting on these spaces to recontextualize what they do. But what about the venues that make this recontextualization possible? How do their priorities differ from those of more traditional venues? They are an essential part of this trend, but do they know it? Wed, 16 May 2012 15:53:39 +0000
Who Cares If You Call It Indie Classical?
 So the term “indie classical” seems to be ascending in popularity, along with the requisite hand-wringing about what it means, whether or not it’s a good thing, and whether or not it’s even worth thinking about. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39:05 +0000
Oh, the Ironing!
 Before a big event, it’s important to take a few minutes to iron my shirt. I know this tip seems trivial to the point of ridicule; however, it’s actually an important part of my routine. At a premiere, a million things can go wrong, and I take great comfort in knowing that there is this one small aspect of the performance that I can control. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:52:43 +0000
Games Played: Journey
 It might be more accurate to consider Journey as a musical composition with interactive video element, rather than as a barely challenging game with a fantastic and lovingly created underscore. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:02 +0000
Engaging All the Senses
 Usually I attend art exhibitions, restaurants, or perfume shops and contemplate how much music presenters can learn from what these other communities do. But this time around, the music people totally got it right. Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:02 +0000
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