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Preview: A Look at the Live Music Of North Shore Chamber Music Fest

Enjoy the beauty of live music-making (even if you aren’t there in person) with a star-studded chamber music sampler of works new and old.

Associated Press | April 10, 2017

2017 Pulitzer winners and finalists in journalism and arts

Associated Press | April 10, 2017

Winners of London’s 2017 Olivier stage awards

Stephen Raskauskas | April 7, 2017

Forget Coffee: This Afternoon Raga Is Exactly What You Need to Get You Through Your Midday Slump

Baltimore Symphony locks out its musicians as talks stall

Associated Press | June 17, 2019

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is locking out its musicians now that contract and salary negotiations have stalled. The Baltimore Sun reports the lockout starts Monday. Musicians say they’re also losing 12 weeks of pay since management abruptly cancelled summer concerts. Musicians have been playing without a new contract since September. A statement from orchestra president and Chief Executive Peter ...

Playlist: Sergio and Clarice, Music Runs in the Family for this Father-Daughter Duo

Louise Frank | June 14, 2019

The father, Sergio, is a guitarist, composer, arranger, educator, and the daughter, Clarice, is a bold and highly innovative vocalist, composer, orchestrator, videographer, and mentor.

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Chicago Sinfonietta’s 30th Anniversary Season Showcases ‘Full Spectrum of Voices and Identities’

Angelica Lasala | April 3, 2017

The Chicago Sinfonietta recently announced its 30th season line-up, as well as the launch of its Commissions by Women Composers Project, a season-long effort to close music’s gender equality gap by commissioning, performing, and recording, works by women composers.

Boston Pops Violinist Dorothy Han Returns to Alma Mater to Teach Kenwood Students About Music & More

Angelica Lasala | March 31, 2017

Returning to her alma mater for the first time in nearly 40 years, Dorothy Han performed and led a workshop in the very same Kenwood Academy classroom she once rehearsed in.

Composer Creates Music Major for Persecuted Bahá’ís in Iran Despite No Classrooms, Teachers, Piano

Stephen Raskauskas | March 29, 2017

Growing up in Kerman, Iran, composer Badie Khaleghian received his first music lessons from his father. “When I was six or seven years old, he taught me how to play the recorder, then violin, and later piano.” As a young adult, Khaleghian wanted desperately to study music at the university level. “But because of my religion, I was not allowed ...

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