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A hallmark of the best classical music is its ability to usher in a world, taking you with it.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Thursday, November 5, 2009 Last updated: 5:40 pm The Pittsburgh Symphony's program called "Classical Favorites," performed Thursday afternoon, is somewhat misnamed.

6 and continues through Nov. 21 at the BalletMet Performance Space. The program includes pieces by artistic director Gerard Charles, dancer Adam Hundt and faculty member Maria Glimcher, as well as Twyla Tharp and Michael Uthoff.

The outlook for international classical concerts at Yarmouth's Hippodrome Circus is looking bleak because of poor ticket sales - sparking a use it or lose it warning from bosses.

''A Musical Triptych,'' this Sunday's entry in an ongoing series of benefit recitals for the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, brings together a disparate trio of musicians, all of whom are connected in one way or another.

The Sinfonietta opened its this year's light classical series with a mixed bag of works by nationalist composers.

TOKYO --The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has always been a good orchestra. But the concert it presented under Paavo Jarvi on Sunday afternoon in Japan's Suntory Hall firmly established Cincinnati as one of the great orchestras of the world.

There's a game my friends like to play, when the cameras come out at parties, called "Little Face, Big Face." Little Face is the sweet, family-portrait smile.

The Yorba Linda Symphony Orchestra has expanded beyond it original boundaries and has grown into a new name, The Southern California Philharmonic.

THE GREAT LOS ANGELES WALK 4 IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21! Join us as we hike down Adams and Washington Boulevards, from Downtown Los Angeles to Venice Beach.

Top Stories YAHOO! Most Recent Local News MICHAEL C. MOORE By Michael C. Moore MMOORE@KITSAPSUN.COM Sunday, October 25, 2009 BREMERTON - It wasn't a 300 game, but the Bremerton Symphony's first experience with Bowling in many - too many - years was plenty close enough to be classified as a success.

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck, 88, returns for his 15th appearance at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Such transparently self-interested claims came this week from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, SDTC, a "clean energy" promoter, a potential boondoggle set up under the Liberals, which is in danger of running out of funding.

JJ Abernathy Music Times Dr. Paul Abegg, director of string studies at Dixie State College performs Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major on Friday evening at the Cox Performing Arts Center.

A String and Harp Ensemble from the Oahu Civic Orchestra will present a free autumn concert on Saturday, October 31 at noon in the Lobby of the Hawaii State Library.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra hasn't had a gala in a decade. Celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma hasn't performed here since 2002.

On Saturday night, during the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra concert , 28-year-old Alondra de la Parra will be one of the youngest people on the Von Braun Center Concert Hall stage.

Music could be defined as emotion translated into sound. The dictionary definition gets more complicated.

The Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra kicks off its new season Saturday with one of the best-loved works by an American composer - Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" - paired with one of the best-loved works about America - Dvorak's "From the New World" Symphony No.

Composed just over a century apart, the two pieces on Friday's Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra concert could hardly have been more different.