GLOBAL JAZZ: Pianist Vijay Iyer's cutting-edge music draws on the Indian rhythms of his heritage with post-bop, hip-hop Detroit Free Press
Vijay Iyer is not your garden variety jazz pianist and composer. For one thing, he's got an interdisciplinary PhD in cognitive science and music. For another, he collaborates with hip-hop and conceptual artists on multi-media works like "Still Life With Commentator," an existential critique of the 24/7 news media that was given its world premiere last week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
GEORGIA ROWE: CLASSICAL NOTES: Music director finds there's no place like home Contra Costa Times
THE YEAR 2006 has been busy for Kent Nagano. In recent months, the conductor succeeded Zubin Mehta as music director of Munich's Bavarian State Opera (Germany's largest opera house) and led his inaugural season as music director of the Montreal Symphony. Both debuts were widely acclaimed; in Montreal, church bells tolled for Nagano's opening performance Sept. 6, which was broadcast live on
Brankin takes top spot at Fall Out Wise County Messenger
Connor Brankin of Southlake was the winner of the Wise Country Fall Out held at the Wise County Heritage Museum recently. Brankin treated the audience to an Irish River Dance. He is a 16-year-old home schooled student who was trained as a classical pianist and an Irish dancer.
Kenny Davern, 71, Clarinetist Who Loved Traditional Jazz, Dies New York Times
Kenny Davern was a radically traditional jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophonist whose liquid tones linked him to the classical sound of New Orleans but who could also play free jazz.
Austin woman sentenced in NYC for stealing Glenn Gould items News 8 Austin
Barbara Moore, 62, was convicted of criminal possession of music memorabilia stolen from the late classical pianist.
Sarasota classical concert to feature Grammy winner Bradenton Herald
Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, it was announced today.
Robo-music gives musicians the jitters USA Today
Virtual orchestras -- computer programs that can vary dynamics and tempo and follow the singers on stage and the music director's baton -- are changing the music world. The systems are being used widely with traveling professional Broadway shows and in a revival of Les Misrables in London's West End.
The 5 Browns Youthful Energy Coming to Mesa Feb. 9 Arizona Reporter
Venue : Mesa Arts Center | Address : 1 E. Main St. | Time : 8:00pm City: Mesa, AZ -- A youthful, all-American quintet of brothers and sisters, each a Julliard trained virtuoso concert pianist, THE 5 BROWNS will take the stage for one concert only on Friday February 9th at 8:00 pm at the Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater, 1 E. Main St., Mesa. The family of prodigies will perform a dazzling array of
More holiday music USA Today
As a supplement to our critical picks of holiday albums, Ken Barnes and Brian Mansfield add a more comprehensive list of 2006 seasonal releases, with thumbnail descriptions:
Robo-music gives musicians the jitters The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
The Venice (Fla.) Little Theater has a tiny orchestra pit, with room for only a handful of players, and a modest budget. So when it mounts a big musical like "Beauty and the Beast," it brings in an electronic ringer.
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