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Trey Anastasio Premieres “Time Turns Elastic” in Nashville
Phish fans and the symphony lot together in the Great Church of Country Music. What sounds like the perfect plot for an SNL short actually happened Saturday night at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville when Trey Anastasio headlined Orchestra Nashville’s season-opening show. Phish fans and the symphony lot together in the Great Church of Country Music. What sounds like the perfect plot for an SNL short actu... more
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United Kingdom Talk Tuesday 30th September 2008
Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
A package arrives.
"Visions".
A nice smell.
Trying to find excuses.
Berkshire sounds of the countryside at http://www.chrisreardon.co.uk
Banks wanna borrow my money ! LOL.
Half in the sun, half in the shade.
A new dog.
Overwhelmed.
Richard knows these things.
A terrible waste of fish.
Does a long distance relationship work ?
Maybe this time.
Other "Disneyland's".
You could have saved £10,000 - £15,000.
London Symphony Orchestra.
He must drive his wife mad.
Strange names for dogs.
Controlled by our pets.
How do spiders attach their webs at each end ?
E.T.Phone home.
Love on the internet.
It's all wrong dear.
Your favourite Disney film ?
If you shot yourself in the head, would you feel it ?
An Icelandic event just gone.
Nothing other than earth.
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
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'Young Artists' competition
Budding classical musicians and vocalists will compete for cash scholarships of up to $3,000 in the fourth annual Young Artists Competition this fall at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis. The deadline for applications is Nov. 15.
The Young Artists Competition is open to pianists, instrumentalists, and chamber ensemble members enrolled in grades 4-12 during the 2008-09 school year and vocalists enrolled in grades 9-12.
Details of the application process are available online at http://www.MondaviArts.org/youngartists.
To apply, interested musicians should submit a high-quality recording on compact disc containing two contrasting performances. Pianists, instrumentalists, and chamber musicians should submit one work from the Baroque or Classical periods, one from the Romantic or Impressionist periods, or one work composed after 1950. Vocalists should submit one song from the classic American musical theater repertoire chosen from the works of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, Jerome Kern, or Frederic Lowe, and one aria or art song in an original language other than English. Recordings should not be edited; only continuous performances of entire works or movements should be submitted. CDs should be marked clearly with the performer's name and phone number and details of the repertoire included.
Young musicians should submit their CD recordings along with a completed application form (available from http://www.MondaviArts.org/youngartists), a copy of their birth certificate, a one-page biography, at least one letter of recommendation from a music teacher or musician of strong reputation, and an entry fee of $50 in the form of a checkable payable to UC Regents. Applicants must have a valid California home address and not be under contract with professional management. Budding classical musicians and vocalists will compete for cash scholarships of up to $3,000 in the fourth annual Young Artists Compet... more -
Young Artists Ballet Theatre
Young Artists Ballet Theatre (YABT) is a non-profit, semi-professional ballet company. It was established in 1993 to further enhance the training and artistic experience of an extraordinary group of young dancers in the Advanced Division of Professional Ballet School in Belmont CA.
The company performances present mid-peninsula audiences with diverse programs including classical, neo-classical, jazz and modern repertoire, performed by exciting new local talents and well known guest artists. The outstanding artistic and technical level of these performances serve one of the Company's goals of raising awareness and dance appreciation in our community.
As stated by its name, Young Artists Ballet Theatre serves as a stepping stone for young committed people towards a professional career, along with providing enriching performance experiences to those young dancers who may not meet professional physical criteria, or who are simply dancing for pleasure.
The idea of founding YABT was a natural extension of the training program offered by Carmela & Zoltan Peter (Directors of Professional Ballet School) and proved to be a successful enterprise. While supported only by minimal private donations, YABT was able to sponsor several dancers chosen through national auditions to study at company affiliated schools such as Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Kirov Ballet Institute. Several dancers are currently performing professionally with Peninsula Ballet Theatre. To date YABT has been presented through annual benefit performances sponsored by Professional Ballet School with a regular audience of about 700. Young Artists Ballet Theatre (YABT) is a non-profit, semi-professional ballet company. It was established in 1993 to further enhance t... more -
Announcing the 2008 Young Artists Competitions
The 3rd Annual MusicFest Audition
The 2008 CIYAC Regional MusicFest will be held on October 4, 2008 at California State University, San Marcos. Contestants from the Southern California region in three age groups compete in the categories of Piano, Strings, Winds and Voice. The 3rd Annual MusicFest Audition ... more -
Young Artist Guild
The Young Artist Guild is the highest achievement that a Certificate of Merit student can attain. The Young Artist Guild (YAG) offers semi-professional, paid performance opportunities to our most gifted young soloists through branch sponsored concerts. Each year a special YAG concert and a reception are held at the MTAC State Convention. This concert serves as a debut for the newly selected Young Artist Guild members. A student belongs to the Guild for five years, and may be invited to perform at various MTAC branches throughout the state during his or her tenure as an active member. In some cases, the Guild also provides awards, scholarships and other financial support for its members. The Young Artist Guild is the highest achievement that a Certificate of Merit student can attain. The Young Artist Guild (YAG) offers ... more
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Making Techno with an orchestra
Carl Craig, Techno music pioneer, will be performing his works with an orchestra. Unlike other electro-orchestral collaborations, there will be no electronic instruments. The electronic bleeps and bloops will be replaced by live strings, brass, woodwind and percussion.
Will the crowd be bringing lanterns instead of glow-sticks? Carl Craig, Techno music pioneer, will be performing his works with an orchestra. Unlike other electro-orchestral collaborations, ther... more -
Iraq's national symphony orchestra strives to be a fresh symbol of hope
With strains of Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" wafting out from the hall and tuxedo-clad men ambling about, it could be a symphony concert almost anywhere. But the presence of American and local soldiers, teams of explosive-sniffing dogs and steely-eyed security contractors telegraphs that this isn't any normal performance. As local Iraqis arriving for the performance of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra pass through the metal detector into Al Zawraa banquet hall at the venerable Hotel Rasheed, there is a subtle change in the Baghdad air. Along with a growing number of Iraqis, the standing-room-only crowd at this gala event seems to be expressing a sense that Iraq may finally be leaving war behind. It's an illusion, of course. Just two days after the concert, a fresh round of suicide bombings killed at least 57 in Kirkuk and Baghdad. But on the day itself, the man who did more than most to resuscitate the once flagging orchestra revels in the event. "It's a new beginning," Karim Wasfi, music director and conductor, asserts between cigarette puffs. "A new beginning for a bigger cause and a new vision. We had to fight against time, the bad economy, circumstances, conspiracies, threats. But here we are."
"Here" is a grand mid-afternoon concert—the most lavish inside the country since the war began—co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy that draws hundreds of Iraqis, contractors, military personnel in and out of uniform and embassy staffers. Most of them, including the Iraqis, live and work in the fortified Green Zone, where the event is being held. Fittingly, the program is a mix of Iraqi and American music, from the epic Arabic sweep of Jamil Bashir's "Ayam Zaman" (Those Good Old Days) to the brass-heavy flourishes of Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait." It is a long way from the days when the INSO scrambled to replace terrified members who fled the country to escape grim-faced and humorless religious zealots who condemned music as un-Islamic and promised death for those who purveyed it. Twenty-seven of its 80 members left in just one three-month period in 2005-2006, when the insurgency was at its zenith. Now, as America's presidential candidates bicker over the degree to which General David Petraeus' "surge" in U.S. troops has worked, the Iraqi musicians are demonstrating that they believe the worst may be over.***continues,click link to read*** With strains of Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" wafting out from the hall and tuxedo-clad men ambling about, it could be ... more -
Music from Nazi concentration camps brought to life
You don't think of music when you think of the Nazis or their death camps. Music is supposed to be joyous. but music was also used as a way to control the masses. A way of controlling them. Monitoring them.
Francesco Lotoro has been pulling music together from death camps around the globe since 1991. Not just from Poland and Germany, but from Italy and from as far away as the Phillipines. Death and music. It makes you wonder what these symphonies sound like. Does Some are written on toilet paper. Some have mistakes that Lotoro must correct.
What did they intend? What were they thinking of when they wrote it? Where were they?
What did they sound like? Lotoro has spent the better part of two decades trying to find out, digging through his findings. Bringing their music to life. But it's expensive, and compiling musicians and orchestras is not a small undertaking.
Somebody find this man a Rockefeller. You don't think of music when you think of the Nazis or their death camps. Music is supposed to be joyous. but music was also use... more -
Centocelle Arte - un'orchestra quasi per strada suona il cigno di Piazzolla
Può capitare di percorrere una strada e ritrovarsi, all'improvviso, un piccolo parco con una vera orchestra di archi che delizia i pochi convenuti ad una manifestazione "Centocelle arte", che agli abitanti del quartiere era praticamente sconosciuta?
Può capitare. Questo frammento, che Giuseppe Puopolo, direttore dell'orchestra Pnaharmonikon, ha definito il "Cigno" di Astor Piazzolla, si chiama "Quatro estaciones Portenas". Può capitare di percorrere una strada e ritrovarsi, all'improvviso, un piccolo parco con una vera orchestra di archi che delizia ... more -
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra heading to China
"It's a cultural handshake across the Pacific," said Bramwell Tovey, the VSO's conductor. "It's also a means of bringing our countries closer together." It's also a notable moment in our country's cultural history. The VSO will be the first Canadian symphony orchestra to visit China since 1978. "It's a cultural handshake across the Pacific," said Bramwell Tovey, the VSO's conductor. "It's also a m... more
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ASIMO Robot conducts symphony orchestra
The first step in the robot takeover?
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130 musicians on Damon Albarn's new album.
The former Blur/Gorillaz/The Good, The Bad & The Queen frontman will release a new album in July.
Albarn told BBC 6Music: "This one's [the new album] got about 80, 90 musicians on it – something in that region. It's got a 100-piece Chinese choir on one of the tunes. That plus the orchestra probably goes to about 120, 130 people." The former Blur/Gorillaz/The Good, The Bad & The Queen frontman will release a new album in July. ... more -
Indian Jones, the Theme Music
I will go see the new Indy movie, just to hear the theme music play. I mean, I'll go see it just for the movie too, but the theme music is the real kicker! I will go see the new Indy movie, just to hear the theme music play. I mean, I'll go see it just for the movie too, but the them... more
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Play with your Vegetables!
Worldwide one of a kind, the Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. The utilization of various ever refined vegetable instruments creates a musically and aesthetically unique sound universe.
The Vegetable Orchestra was founded in 1998. It consists of 11 musicians, a sound engineer and a video artist. Based in Vienna, the Vegetable Orchestra plays concerts in Europe and Asia. From time to time workshops are given - on how to manufacture an instrument or on musical topics. Worldwide one of a kind, the Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. The utilization of various ever ref... more -
Los Angeles Philharmonic URBAN EXPERIENCE
If you are around this looks like a great event!
Concrete Frequency is a multi-disciplinary series of events designed to examine and celebrate the elements that define a city, and how they are affected by, and reflected in, music. Anchored by three stimulating orchestral programs, this unique exploration will be enhanced by a film festival, a view of urban and pop culture through dance and music, and thought-provoking symposia. If you are around this looks like a great event! ... more -
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
First they shop, then they whittle instruments from produce, then they perform a concert!
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World's Largest Digital Orchestra
"Technology's relentless advance has finally invaded the timeless world of the cello, bassoon and other orchestral instruments, with the debut of the largest digital orchestra in the world." "Technology's relentless advance has finally invaded the timeless world of the cello, bassoon and other orchestral instrumen... more
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