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Friday | New Hampshire Magazine

Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra - Annual Holiday Pops Extravaganza...

Meredith- The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra invites you to join them for two spectacular Holiday Concerts on Saturday December 13th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday December 14th at 3:00 pm.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Meredith, NH, Events, Classical, Faure, Moultonborough, NH

Mon Nov 10, 2008

Softrock989.com

Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

Best remembered for "The Syncopated Clock" and the holiday classic "Sleigh Ride," Leroy Anderson was one of America's most popular composers of light, melodic orchestral music.

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Related Topix: Classical, Cambridge, MA, New England Conservatory of Music

Sat Nov 08, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Goodyear makes his mark in margins with virtuosic Hummel concerto

Barely 30 years old and much like other gifted pianists his age, Toronto native Stewart Goodyear has shown promise as a conduit for the early Romantic repertoire all the way up through the Modern age.

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Related Topix: Classical, Hummel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Bartok, Gershwin, Symphony, Arts, Music, Entertainment

Fri Oct 31, 2008

News Journal

'Piano genius' will celebrate works of Gershwin, Anderson at Renaissance

MANSFIELD -- Two great American originals, George Gershwin and Leroy Anderson, will be saluted Saturday at the first pops concert of the Mansfield Symphony's 2008-2009 season.

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Related Topix: Classical, Gershwin, Mansfield Metro, Mansfield, OH, George Gershwin, Symphony, Arts

Sun Aug 31, 2008

Boston Globe

Critic's picks - classical music

This year marks the centenary of Leroy Anderson, composer of "The Syncopated Clock" and other Fiedler-era Pops favorites.

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Related Topix: Classical, Music, Entertainment

Fri Aug 29, 2008

The Otago Daily Times

Classical reviews

This week our classical music reviewer Geoff Adams listens to Nigel Kennedy performing Beethoven, Leroy Anderson and DOnizetti, and takes a look at a performance of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni on DVD.

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Related Topix: Classical, Nigel Kennedy, Beethoven, Opera, Donizetti

Tue Jul 29, 2008

The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Free Concert To Be Held In Fredonia

The New Horizons Band of Western New York will present a free summer concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Barker Common Gazebo in Fredonia.

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Related Topix: Classical, New York, Mercyhurst College

Sun Jul 27, 2008

Music and Vision Daily

American Classics: Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music 3. 2008 Naxos Rights International Ltd

'Plink, Plank, Plunk!?' Could it be yet another composer of random notes and sounds? Far from it.

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Related Topix: Classical

Sat Jul 26, 2008

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Familiar concert gets exquisite touch-ups

"Waltz and schmaltz." That's what members of the Minnesota Orchestra call their signature Sommerfest concert of Johann Strauss and his ilk.

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Related Topix: Johann Strauss, Classical, Strauss, Minnesota Orchestra

Sun Jul 20, 2008

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Familiar concert gets exquisite touch-ups

"Waltz and schmaltz." That's what members of the Minnesota Orchestra call their signature Sommerfest concert of Johann Strauss and his ilk.

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Related Topix: Johann Strauss, Classical, Strauss, Minnesota Orchestra

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Associated Content

June 29 Todays Notable Birthdays

Font Is June 29th your birthday ? Was someone special to you born on June 29th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion ? If today is your birthday , then you are in excellent company.

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Related Topix: Classical

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Scotsman.com Living

Album Review Leroy Anderson

Although the American composer Leroy Anderson is best known for his novelty music, such as 'The Typewriter', 'The Syncopated Clock' and 'Sleigh Ride' , he was also a prodigious composer and arranger of more ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Leonard Slatkin

Mon Jun 30, 2008

National Public Radio

Leroy Anderson: Master of the Miniature

Leroy Anderson built a career by composing sophisticated short works for orchestra such as "Sleigh Ride" and "The Typewriter." Courtesy of the artist Leroy Anderson conducts the orchestra in a recording session ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Leonard Slatkin, Symphony, Arts, Cambridge, MA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Home News Tribune

Today's Birthday's and Today in History: June 29

Today is Sunday, June 29, the 181st day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Classical, Israel, World News

Sat Jun 28, 2008

NewsTimesLive.com

Town to celebrate 100th birthday of local composer

"We just thought of him as our dad, but when we would travel places I was always surprised to see that people recognized him," said Rolf Anderson, son of renowned composer and resident Leroy Anderson.

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Related Topix: Classical, Waterbury Metro, Woodbury, CT, Libraries

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Palm Beach Post

Leroy Anderson: A light music master at 100

Anderson, who died in 1975, is probably best-known today for Sleigh Ride , which is heard in any number of versions at Christmastime.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts

Tue Jun 24, 2008

KCBS-TV Los Angeles

Today In History - June 29, 2008

Today is Sunday, June 29, the 181st day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Classical, Israel, World News, Offbeat

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

: Ontario/Chaffey Community Show Band season ends Monday night

The season-ending concert Monday night of the Ontario/Chaffey Community Show Band will be a tribute to composer LeRoy Anderson.

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Related Topix: Classical

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Fond du Lac Reporter

Symphonic Band plays Buttermilk

The Fond du Lac Symphonic Band will open its 20th season at the Buttermilk Performance Center in Fond du Lac with a concert at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 18.

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Related Topix: Classical

Wed May 28, 2008

Islands Sounder

The Orcas Community Band, made up of 40 musicians ranging in ages from 15 to 88 "isn't just a bunch of funky-sounding, old white-haired people, but an exhilarating, fun-filled and very musically competent ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Entertainment

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