Symphony News

There is a nice program at Tanglewood on Friday night featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons, its music director designate.

Peninsula Symphony's mission is to enrich the lives of people in our community with inspiring, innovative, high-quality musical presentations at affordable prices, and to promote music education through engaging programs for children and adults.

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The sixth and seventh programs of this year's ChamberFest Cleveland season moved into regions of standard repertoire more so than previous programs in the series, presenting works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms Thursday night in Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Leos Janacek, Erwin Schulhoff and Antonin Dvorak ... (more)

Burritt, who currently serves as Professor of Percussion and head of the percussion department at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Eastman.

This year the 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival , organized by SFJAZZ , is featuring a series of "micro-concerts," 30-minute solo gigs being held in the Joe Henderson Lab of the SFJAZZ Center and across the street at the Church of the Advent of Christ the King.

Co-curated by percussionist Shawn Galvin and violinist Karen Strittmatter Galvin, the group has focused on bringing stellar performers such as Detroit-based vocalist and songwriter Shara Worden to the area, as well as live collaborations with local talent like North Carolina Opera conductor Timothy Myers and Duke composer John Supko.

Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service, a 17-member library system covering the three counties surrounding Salem, Oregon, announced that it has signed a 7-year agreement with SirsiDynix.

New York rock legend Lenny Kaye is kicking off a series of monthly residency concerts at City Winery on June 18 with It's a Nugget If You Dug It-Nuggets' 40th + 2 Anniversary .