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Randy Weiss and Gene Sinser have joined the Santa Barbara Symphony as its newest board members.

'I just decided, 'Well, let's see if I can make one,' ' says Glenn Donnellan, a violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra. 'I thought it would be cool to say to the kids, 'Hey, you can make your own.' '

The object in question is an electric violin made out of a baseball bat. And the answer is, Yes, he could.

Just in time for the Fourth of July, Donnellan posted to YouTube a video of himself playing the national anthem on his electric baseball-bat-violin. He didn't necessarily mean the clip for wide circulation. He put it up because a friend with contacts in the Washington Nationals front office wanted to show it to his bosses and ask about having Donnellan play the national anthem for a game. But there are no secrets on YouTube. By Friday, the video had racked up a respectable 1,600-plus views, and some enthusiastic comments. 'Totally bat-ass!' one viewer wrote.

Marvin Hamlisch at Symphony Summer Pops. When trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos performed the national anthem Friday night at the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops, his classy, jazzy solo set the tone for the enjoyably eclectic Fourth of July-style concert.

In Central Park's East Meadow, an orchestra of glockenspiels performed Aaron Siegel's new piece "Science Is Only a Sometimes Friend" - hazy, hypnotic clouds of chiming tones.

HAYDN IN THE HOUSES: Milestone numbers - births and deaths - count for much in the business of classical music programming, as a way of lending some focus to the array of possibilities in terms of what to play when, out of several hundred years of music.

For the curator of the Thu., July 9 installment of CP Remixed -- the quarterly local-music showcase sponsored by City Paper -- we tapped columnist and contributor Manny Theiner, whose expertise includes years as a tireless concert promoter at Garfield Artworks and numerous other venues throughout the city.

For the past three months, a violinist for the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra has contested an extradition order to Virginia for allegedly trying to solicit a minor for sex over the Internet.

One of the area's most popular celebrations of the 4th of July is the annual fireworks display at the New York State Fairgrounds.A Thousands attend the evening concert at Chevy Court by the Syracuse Symphony and watch the sky light up with a spectacular fireworks display atA the end of the concert.A But New York State Police say large numbers of ...

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic will visit Vail this summer for Bravo! - Here's what sets them apart Meredith Richards newsroom@vaildaily.com VAIL CO, Colorado ENLARGE Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic during last year's residency.

When it comes to matters of the heart, music may be more than just the food of love.

The San Diego Symphony Summer Pops at Embarcadero Marina Park South. What it is: The San Diego Symphony Summer Pops is the orchestra's popular outdoor series at downtown's Embarcadero Marina Park South.

Consider Mason Bates a pioneer in the San Francisco Symphony's experiment in social networking, which so far has proved that when the show's over, it's not over.

And two well-known state senators say it will not include any sort of tax increase.

Even though this photo was taken on the Wednesday before, we'd be remiss not to mention the grand opening of Syrah Spirit & Wine Parlor last Thursday.

Having made a mighty fine Pocket Symphony in 2007, Air now returns to the forefront of our musical minds with a new album, Love 2 . This will be the duo's fifth studio album, which Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin crafted in the cozy confines of their own Atlas Studio, in northern Paris.

There is a long history of classical music crossing over into the pop charts in a variety of ways whether it's the disco classic "A Fifth of Beethoven" based on Beethoven's Symphony No.

The conclusion of Friday's performance at Bass Hall marked the halfway point of the final round of the Cliburn competition.

'Thumbs up to the supporters of the Fort Collins Symphony Guild and Fort Collins Symphony who made the first annual Run for the Roses Kentucky Derby Party in the Adams-Atkinson Arena a success.

Ah disco, with its clingy clothes and Gloria Gaynor belting out "I Will Survive," was once so maligned, a Chicago DJ created an album-burning event.

Computer music is relatively old , going back to the very early 1950s . In the following decades, people have been creative with programmable technology, leading to "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" being played on an IBM chain printer back in 1966, and in more recent years, HP ScanJet 5100c included an Easter Egg .