Symphony News Archives

“I love it that people can come have a picnic and hear some great music.”

Outdoor concerts are so much fun, especially when you can hear our wonderful Nashville Symphony play Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Mozart for free. via DNJ.com

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“You know, he's just a great kid--the salt of the earth. Like I said, he's the foundation of the high school because those are the kind of kids that make a good school a great school”

An improvised explosive device has claimed the life of a man from Farmington who was serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. via KOB-TV

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“Cl sica - las ra ces de la m sica”

The San Gabriel Valley Unit of the American Diabetes Association presents "Your Family Support Network for Diabetes," beginning at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in the CHEC Building of the San Gabriel Valley Medical ... via Pasadena Star-News

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“One day I happened to look at the paper towel that held this collection of images left from the brush that I cleaned, and I said, `Oh my gosh,' and I started to do a collection of drawings based on the images”

Schuyler Standish taught art at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy for 33 years, but his life has always been devoted to various arts. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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“This is a chance to see the range of this orchestra -- and the range of the classical repertoire.”

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is ending its 36-week season with a pair of concerts aimed at style and difficulty, its music directors says. via UPI

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“We need to prepare our children for jobs that we don't know yet exist, but will involve that creative use of their brain”

Young musicians from All Saints Catholic School got a lesson from the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. via WLBZ

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Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, composed in 1976, languished in obscurity until the late 1980s, when orchestras began programming it. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Nelson Symphony Orchestra director David John Lindup is in custody after fraudulently claiming GST refunds worth $1.3 million for musical instruments he never bought. via XtraMSN Real Estate

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It is May 19 with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, not his Sept. 23 concert at Carnegie Hall. via PR-inside.com

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“What's been missing the past six years is strong advocacy from the board leadership”

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra's Picnic With The Pops was a summer tradition for Central Ohio. via Nbc4i.com

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The semester is just about over, and the Binghamton University Department of Music is planning its last hurrahs. via Press & Sun-Bulletin

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“I actually conduct fewer orchestras than most other conductors - I don't conduct more than five to six orchestras a year, which is a very small number, I believe there are conductors who conduct 30 or 40.”

For Valery Gergiev, considered one of the world's great conductors, classical music will only reach a wider audience if it boasts charismatic leaders who will inspire and rally whole communities. via The St. Petersburg Times

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Ward Stare will serve as resident conductor for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and music director of the symphony's youth orchestra. via KSDK-TV Saint Louis

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“Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian.”

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra's season finale program Saturday, May 3, proved to be an exhilarating event. via Springfield News-Sun

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The Summerville Community Orchestra has rescheduled its free 'Symphony under the Stars' for 7 p.m. May 24 at the Marguerite Brown Municipal Center in Goose Creek. via The Post and Courier

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Spanish conductor Carlos Cuesta will lead the Ha Noi Philharmonic Orchestra this Friday night in Ha Noi. via Viet Nam News

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“The gypsy music is the combination of really fiery and also really sad - heartbreakingly sad - music”

It's pretty rare for musicians of this caliber to perform in Mankato, said Mankato Symphony Orchestra general manager Michelle Behsman. via Free Press

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“It's the only song I know in the time signature 23/8 six plus six plus six plus five”

There were moments during the Des Moines Symphony concert Saturday night when the pianist Christopher O'Riley bounced at least an inch or two above his bench, hurtling through Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in ... via Des Moines Register

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"Most importantly, however, it will do so by concentrating not just on the European tradition of orchestral music, but equally on the rich heritage of Arabian music." To highlight the emphasis on dual musical ... via Gulf Times

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“It has always been something that I enjoyed doing”

Joel Schut isn't your typical college student. Sure, he goes to class and hangs out with friends like most college students, but his musical achievements set him apart. via Ann Arbor News

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Riccardo Muti, considered one of the most talented but tempestuous personalities in Italian music, will become music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra announced Monday. via International Herald Tribune

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On Saturday night the Toronto Symphony Orchestra presented an all-Russian program, in honour of a Russian who was not there. via The Globe and Mail

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“There were so many outstanding applicants that they have narrowed it down to four”

After 75 years in the community, the Rio Hondo Symphony finally has a place to call its own. via Pasadena Star-News

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“You would think that classical musicians might look down on video game music”

A live orchestral performance with video game footage playing above the musician's heads and concert goers dressed as their favorite Nintendo characters, it's Video Games Live. via Capital News 9

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For this final Masterworks concert the orchestra partnered with the acclaimed Greenville Chorale, two impressive soloists, mezzo-soprano Angela Horn and soprano Christina Major and delivered an all around epic ... via Tribune-Times

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By LAWSON TAITTE / The Dallas Morning News ltaitte@dallasnews.com Haydn's largest, most grandiose work, The Creation , received many commensurately grand performances when it was new 200 years ago. via Quick

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FW Symphony this weekend The Federal Way Symphony with music director and conductor Brian Davenport will present its season finale concert "Romancing the Romantic" at 7:30 p.m. May 3 and 2 p.m. May 4 at St. via Tacoma Daily Index

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“It's heartwarming how universal the music is. We've never hit an area where people didn't gobble up the stuff”

Emotion bursts forth from every note played by Celtic music virtuosos Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder . via Redwood City Daily News

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Six arts organizations in West Virginia are getting federal grants totaling $748,500 from the National Endowment for the Arts. via WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

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“All I can tell you is that the Sousa pies will be berry delicious and as red, white and blue as Sousa himself”

There's nothing more American than pie. Unless, of course, it's Sousa. The two annual Grand Sousa VII Concerts, a musical tradition at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, will be performed at 2 ... via Marshfield News-Herald

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