3 Canadian composers win $75K NAC awards
The National Arts Centre is giving three Canadian composers commissions and residencies valued at $75,000 each.
CBC.ca,
Mon Nov 30 13:10:50 PST 2009
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The Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute - Future Classics
The Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, and seven emerging composers took the stage for the final concert of the 2009 Composer Institute. Here there performances online this week only!
Minnesota Public Radio,
Sun Nov 29 22:22:20 PST 2009
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RADIO/PODCAST: Extension: Clare Fischer in the 1960s
Clare Fischer is a pianist, composer and bandleader whose influences are wide-ranging--the post-World War II bebop and progressive jazz of pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Lee Konitz, the...
All About Jazz,
Tue Dec 01 06:22:28 PST 2009
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Job woes work for composer John Munnelly as he nets ASCAP award for 'Unemployment ...
A Bensonhurst man has found a silver lining in the recession - winning a national award for his song about being laid off. "The Unemployment Blues," snagged the top spot and a $1,000 prize ...
New York Daily News,
Mon Nov 30 16:35:00 PST 2009
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Jonathan Handel: Little-Noticed Music Deal
Everyone listens to music, but musicians unions may not attract the same attention. Several people, including myself, reported on the composers and lyricists recently, but...
The Huffington Post,
Mon Nov 30 19:44:46 PST 2009
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Interview: Concerto Tactics - The Music of Hiroki Kikuta and Hitoshi Sakimoto
[We sit down with the composers behind Secret Of Mana and Muramasa, among many other titles, to discuss their art and new soundtrack albums, joining them as they reflect on one another's wo...
Gamasutra,
Mon Nov 30 05:54:29 PST 2009
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Josh Deutsch Quintet at Tula's Monday
rom Josh Deutsch: Greetings friends, family & colleagues, Hope you had an excellent thanksgiving! Im writing to let you know about a show Ill be playing this coming Monday (Nov. 30) at Tula...
All About Jazz,
Mon Nov 30 11:52:21 PST 2009
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Christmas concert set for Friday and Saturday
Christmas just isn't sugar plums and fairies for Stephen Mallinger. Each year, the musical director of Algoma Festival Choir has to conjure up a holiday concert program that "just doesn't b...
The Sault Star,
Tue Dec 01 17:55:32 PST 2009
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John Kenny: the man who reversed the slide of the trombone for all time
FROM the spine-tingling blare of the carnyx, a 2,000-year-old Celtic war horn, to the jazz sounds of Thad Jones or Duke Ellington, or the avant-garde "classical" music
The Scotsman,
Tue Dec 01 16:20:44 PST 2009
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: British Woodwind Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer Tim Garland Int...
Composer, arranger and multi-reed virtuoso Tim Garland is a treasure the nation of the UK has yet to fully recognize. Having recorded a dozen albums in his own name, and arranged for and pl...
All About Jazz,
Mon Nov 30 04:06:39 PST 2009
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Erica Jacobs: What matters in education
In this fiscal climate, we're looking for inexpensive fixes in education. Money helps to improve salaries and school infrastructure, but there's really only one educational measure that mat...
The Washington DC Examiner,
Tue Dec 01 18:51:32 PST 2009
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Songs of the Paradise Saloon:
Tovey, music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, bounds back to his seat in the green room of Toronto
National Post,
Tue Dec 01 17:18:36 PST 2009
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Doherty sorry for anthem gaffe
British musician Pete Doherty has apologized for an embarrassing gaffe in Munich over the weekend, in which he sang a version of the German national anthem featuring a verse co-opted by the...
CBC.ca,
Tue Dec 01 08:25:50 PST 2009
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Tovey aims to give trumpet new voice
Grammy-winning Vancouver conductor Bramwell Tovey set out to create the atmosphere of a saloon in 19th century New York in a newly commissioned work to have its world premiere in Toronto We...
CBC.ca,
Tue Dec 01 08:55:50 PST 2009
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Anvil film nabs documentary prize
The movie that helped vault Canadian heavy metal band Anvil into the global spotlight has been named the year's best music documentary by the International Documentary Association.
CBC.ca,
Tue Dec 01 07:48:46 PST 2009
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Donât miss classical guitarist Brad Richter in concert
Contributed article The Gila Valley Arts Council announces the upcoming performance of nationally renowned classical guitarist Brad Richter on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. at Eastern Arizona...
Eastern Arizona Courier,
Tue Dec 01 15:18:57 PST 2009
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U.S. author wins Bad Sex in Fiction Prize for bestseller
A cringe-inducing passage that compares a sexual encounter to battle with a one-eyed mythological monster was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize on Monday.
CBC.ca,
Tue Dec 01 06:07:25 PST 2009
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A model of disciplined French pianism
Lise de la Salle, a 21-year-old pianist born in Cherbourg and trained in Paris, made her second visit to the UW's Meany Hall President's Piano series last week. It was a deeply satisfying r...
Crosscut,
Tue Dec 01 09:49:40 PST 2009
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Mendelssohn concert at synagogue on Monday
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla is hosting a Mendelssohn concert Monday night in honor of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the synagogue located at...
Carmel Topics,
Tue Dec 01 13:41:56 PST 2009
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