Symphony News

Music Director Joana Carneiro, having missed the season's opening concert two months ago on doctor's orders, made a welcome return to her conducting duties at the Berkeley Symphony Thursday evening.

It's not uncommon for musicians performing in San Jose to head out immediately for their next gig, but few of them wind up traveling as far as violinist Mayuko Kamio, the featured soloist at Symphony Silicon Valley's concerts Saturday and Sunday.

A cappella super group Pentatonix will perform at the Mobile Symphony Orchestra's "Holiday Harmonies" concert.

Herbie Hancock is so relaxed and unshowy a performer, so at ease with his craft, that it would be easy to underestimate his impact on late-20th-century music.

Genie Berding is joyfully anticipating, as usual, Valley View Church's "Christmas Night of Worship" on Dec. 18. It's a special musical and dramatic presentation featuring Christmas music sung by the choir -- including a soulful modern arrangement this year of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" from The Nativity Symphony collection -- that also includes ... (more)

From Kurt Bestor, Scrooge and other evergreens to New Year's Eve with a Broadway legend, the Utah holiday music calendar is full.

Nominations for the Mayor's Award for the Arts have been short-listed as the city's three leading arts organizations promote the fundraising gala set for Jan. 18, 2014.

A total of $30,000 in awards are going to 40 teacher-initiated and outside programs, including a music and literacy program at Downer Elementary School in Richmond and a one-on-one tutoring program in writing at Portola Middle School in El Cerrito, El Cerrito High School and Richmond High School.

Eric Peters loved the game. He and his passenger would be tooling down the road and he'd click on the radio.

As a key component of its lauded education and community engagement programming, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra hosts a series of "side-by-side" concerts, featuring student musicians performing alongside the members of the professional orchestra, as part of the Orchestra's Concerts for Young People series.

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The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras continue their 2013-2014 season on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Auditorium with a concert performed by the Prelude and Etude Orchestras, conducted by Nichole Pitts.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts recently namedJames Layfield as the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Chair in Music, and Mel Mobley as the new Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Professor in Music.

Few living composers have received the accolades and respect as the American, John Corigliano .

Armstrong violinist and former Youth Symphony of the Okanagan member Colleen Venables performs Chausson's Poeme for Violin and Orchestra at the Okanagan Symphony's Birthday Bash, tonight in the Vernon Performing Arts Centre.

The dazzling Reside-Dawson Duo make their Coast Recital Society debut at the Ravens Cry Theatre in Sechelt this Sunday afternoon at 2:30, with a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m. Pictured is pianist Terence Dawson.

Penticton's Liz Lupton at the previous Okanagan Symphony Orchestra concert in Penticton.

The board of directors says Nagano has helped cement the orchestra's place on the international scene during his tenure.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Icebergs crashed like thunder, Italian fountains splashed at dawn, and the sea declared its glory at Saturday night's water-themed "Beethoven and Blue Jeans" concert at the Saenger.

Generally one is not encouraged to pull out a lighter in the middle of a classical music concert, but you may have the urge when listening to Haas.