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Yo, Philadelphia: Meet your maestro
BORN conductor Yannick Nzet-Sguin, only the eighth music director in the history of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has blazed onto our scene like a comet.
Symphony President: Shen Yun Music 'Upbeat' and 'Melodic'
Dr. Sherman Leis and Michelle Rosen at Shen Yun Performing Arts in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theater on May 5.. PHILADELPHIA-The Shen Yun Performing Arts Orchestra has surprised musicians around the world with its successful combination of a Western orchestra overlaid with traditional Chinese instruments.
Spectrum Welcomes Pianist Beth Levin Today
Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin today, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin, a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and works by Scott Wheeler, Yehudi Wyner , Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Michael Rose.
On May 16th, 18th and 19th, the Philadelphia Orchestra presents Beethoven's "Pastoral" in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center.
Doris G. Frankel, teacher, volunteer
Doris Goodfriend Frankel, 92, of Jenkintown, a former teacher and longtime volunteer for the Philadelphia Orchestra, died Sunday, April 21, of congestive heart failure at home.
Philadelphia Orchestra makes most of D.C. visit
The Philadelphia Orchestra finally made it to Washington this season on Wednesday night, but some Washington Performing Arts Society patrons were already upset about next year, when the orchestra's Kennedy Center visit, usually an eagerly anticipated annual event, is missing from the WPAS calendar.
Oxfordian folk / pop group Stornoway headline Kung Fu Neckti e tonight. Following up their 2010 debut Beachcomber's Windowsill , the academically-minded quartet released Tales from Terra Firma earlier this month.
Philadelphia Big Brass performance wraps up Concert Association season
Spectrum to Welcome Pianist Beth Levin, 5/5
Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin on Sunday, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin , a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and works by Scott Wheeler, Yehudi Wyner, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Michael Rose.
Visionary violinist Hilary Hahn and the Philadelphia Orchestra together again
The Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn has been wonderfully precocious since she entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age 10 in 1990.
Reader Submitted: American Boychoir Sings In Durham
The American Boychoir will be presenting a concert at Coginchaug Regional HS as part of its Spring Tour on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.