The WFM Festival Orchestra presents a Labor Day weekend concert. Conductor Daniel Fabricius and orchestra member David Ripic join us to talk about the program, how this orchestra differs from most large ensembles, and some music of historical importance played for the first time in this century.
For Music, a Fall Deluge of Performances Is Beginning - The New York Times
The summertime classical calendar tends to be light even under normal circumstances — so during a lingering pandemic, it can seem almost nonexistent.
On Saturday the Attacca Quartet played a heavily amplified yet lovingly textured program for hundreds in Prospect Park, as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn festival. (The pop group San Fermin headlined the evening.
Week Long Traditional Irish Music Event Coming to Sunnyside This Month | Sunnyside Post
Dave Fahy (L) and Pat Mangan (R) will be among the artists performing at Sunnyside Trad Week (Photos provided by IMPAQ.US)
The event, called Sunnyside Trad Week , will include performances by more than a dozen Irish musicians based in New York and will run from Sept. 13 through Sept. 19.
Fort Wayne Gospel radio station aims to use music to bring hope to families who may be struggling
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne's NBC) - A Fort Wayne Gospel radio station will launch its new platform that will air Gospel music across Allen County and nearby cities, hoping to bring hope to families who may be struggling.
According to GospelChops, which was founded in 2004 by Gerald Forrest, veteran video director, Gospel music is a genre of Christian music that usually has dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) with Christian or biblical lyrics.
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Oxford American | Traveling Up South for the Annual Music Issue
T his year, the O xford American is thrilled to announce that our annual music issue will focus on the Southern influence on American music beyond our region’s borders, reimagining these far-flung locales as Up South.
By the end of the 20th century, some six million Southerners had left their homes for New York, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Oakland, Milwaukee, Newark, Gary, and more. Each city transformed as the new denizens brought home with them.
The Best Music Of August: NPR Staff Picks : All Songs Considered : NPR
Top left, clockwise: PinkPantheress, Lucas Debargue, Lee Morgan, James Blake, Injury Reserve, Foxing. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
As another summer comes to a close and we begin to welcome fall, I find myself walking a fine line between embracing change and grieving the familiarity that is the past.
Music, Reemerging – The Brooklyn Rail
Ultimately, everyone who is returning to attending gigs is attempting to jolt themselves back to the way things were at the beginning of the pandemic.
In August 2020, your scribe attended Tallinn Music Week, in the Baltic State of Estonia. Where was the virus? Cases remained incredibly light in Estonia during 2020, only eventually rearing up in early 2021, but soon coming under control after only a few months.
Portland Opera Music Director to Retire - Opera Wire
George Manahan, the Music Director of the Portland Opera for the last nine years, has announced that he will be retiring.
Manahan made his debut at the Portland Opera in 2006, conducting Verdi's “Macbeth” and was a regular guest artist for the company before being named Music Director in 2012.
Highway 77 Music Festival postponed because of COVID-19 concerns
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. has postponed the event, scheduled for Sept. 12 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio.
The company said it is concerned about the safety and health of people who visit Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls.
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