Hey, New Music Performers? Don't Forget The Composers

New Music Box 05/24/12

Michigan Opera Theatre Gets A One-Month Break From Debt Payment

Detroit Free Press 05/24/12

Pop Music Is Getting More Complex - And More Morose

Pacific Standard 05/24/12

Without Facilities, State Champs Make Due

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Leo Track Running Despite Hurdles

In sports, it’s about numbers. Leo High School won their latest track and field state title last May by one point. This marked the school’s sixth state championship. When Leo won its first state title in 1981, it became the first Catholic school to take the top trophy in track and field, and no other

McGrath: Weber Out Of Answers

Bill Walsh was acclaimed as a silver-haired coaching genius for collecting three N.F.L. championships and compiling a .612 winning percentage in 10 seasons running the San Francisco 49ers. An industrial psychologist with expertise in such matters once told me that Walsh’s “emotional intelligence” was the leadership trait that set him apart. While he went against

Outrage grows over Syria massacre

Western nations step up criticism of the Syrian regime over Friday's massacre in Houla, but Damascus denies involvement and blames "terrorists".

Labour urges Warsi expenses probe

The co-chair of the Conservative Party is involved in a dispute over whether she paid rent while staying at a house in London, for which she claimed expenses.

Hundreds protest against GM crop

Hundreds of anti-GM protesters are demonstrating close to the site of an experimental crop of modified wheat in a Hertfordshire field.