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If a defense lawyer, a prosecutor and a judge walked into a concert hall, what would be the first thing they would do? "Spend a half-hour arguing legal motions," David Waller, a longtime Los Angeles lawyer, said one of his colleagues told him on learning of his plans to tote his cello to a rehearsal of the fledgling Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic ...

But there was no time for that on this night. The orchestra had just two hours to run through Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No.

John Philip Sousa is the American composer behind such marching band classics as "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Semper Fidelis." John Philip Sousa was born in Washington D.C., on November 6, 1854, the third of 10 children.

You've probably heard concerts with local musicians playing 100-year-old music composed in Germany, but how about a concert featuring German musicians playing 100-year-old music composed in Peterborough? Between 1899 and 1906, well before the time of Monadnock Music, one of Peterborough's performance groups was a mandolin orchestra called "The ...

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band, pictured here on the South Portico of the White House, is the oldest performing musical organization in the United States.

The Charlottesville Municipal Band will play everything from marches to movie music Tuesday evening as part of the final concert in its 87th annual Summer Concert Series.

The Charlottesville Municipal Band will play everything from marches to movie music Tuesday evening as part of the final concert in its 87th annual Summer Concert Series.

Culinary wizard Julia Child will swap her whisk for a baton tomorrow evening when she leads the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra during its Pops by the Sea concert in Hyannis.

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VSO opens Stowe series STOWE - Stowe will present a summer of world-class music that will attract melody lovers young and old.

It was 233 years ago tomorrow that this nation was founded when the Second Continental Congress formally approved the document that declared our independence from Great Britain.

AVERY FISHER HALL: Bramwell Tovey leads the New York Philharmonic in "Born on the Fourth of July," featuring Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Sousa's "Washington Post March." Tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 3 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. NAUMBURG BANDSHELL: The Naumburg Orchestra, led by Stephen D'Agostino and featuring Alexander Fiterstein on ...

The Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra has unveiled plans for the 2009-2010 "A Legendary Season." Under the direction of conductor Robert McConnell, the regional orchestra now in its 59th year, will perform a full slate of classical concerts, Kidsymphony concerts, summer and Christmas concerts, the Pops and educational activities.