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The Cincinnati Arts Association, the Music Hall resident arts organizations, and friends and family of Music Hall mourn the loss of Roger Adams, Music HallÂ’s beloved Technical Director since 1994. Roger died at his home on Monday, May 14. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465. (more...)

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Lincoln Center) and The Philhallmonic Society present "Swingin' On A Star"--a musical celebration of the 1940s on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012, 2:30 p.m. at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center (entrance on 65th and Amsterdam Avenue). The concert is free with general seating. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale presents Contemporary Voices on May 21, 2012 at 7pm at St. Bartholomew's Church, 325 Park Avenue, NYC. The concert features five musical gems by 20th and 21st Century masters of choral composition. Single tickets start at $20 and are available online at collegiatechorale.org or by phone at The Chorale office at (646) 435-9465. (more...)

In a return engagement with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), The Collegiate Chorale will perform 11 concerts in Tel Aviv and Haifa with the IPO under the baton of conductors Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti. They will then travel with the IPO to Austria to make their Salzburg Festival debut, the first performance there by an American choir since the Chicago Symphony Chorus appeared in 1989. (more...)

On March 16, 2012 at 8:00pm, The New York Pops orchestra, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the 65th anniversary of Ella FitzgeraldÂ’s Carnegie Hall debut with a commemorative performance at Carnegie HallÂ’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (more...)

Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman announced the festival’s 2012 season, which offers more than 100 separate events exemplifying most musical genres, including the 77th residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The summer boasts a variety of music’s legends from Philip Glass to James Taylor, along with 43 debuts, including Glee and Wicked star Idina Menzel, reggae master Jimmy Cliff, classic rocker Santana, Grammy-and-Oscar sensation Esperanza Spalding, and Musical America’s “conductor of the year” Jaap van Zweden. Ravinia Music Director James Conlon celebrates the 35th anniversary of his own festival debut as his contract is extended through 2014. (more...)

The Toronto Symphony has an exciting 2012-2013 season lined up, with something very special for BWW readers - the addition of New York Pops music director Steven Reineke as the first ever Principal Pops Conductor at the TSO. This appointment means an increased number of the pops Pops concerts, and more Broadway themed programming as well. BWW spoke with both Steven and TSO music director Peter Oundjian about the announcement and what it means for the TSO. (more...)

On March 16, 2012 at 8:00pm, The New York Pops orchestra, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the 65th anniversary of Ella FitzgeraldÂ’s Carnegie Hall debut with a commemorative performance at Carnegie HallÂ’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale is set to present Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Bruckner's Te Deum on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale is set to present Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Bruckner's Te Deum on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. (more...)

The Collegiate Chorale is set to present Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Bruckner's Te Deum on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC. (more...)

The Coterie is set to present Cortes Alexander, star of BroadwayÂ’s LizaÂ’s at the Palace, in an exclusive Los Angeles two-week residency. (more...)

The Coterie is set to present Cortes Alexander, star of BroadwayÂ’s LizaÂ’s at the Palace, in an exclusive Los Angeles two-week residency. (more...)

The New York Pops orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the holidays with swinging seasonal favorites on December 16 and 17, 2011 at 8:00pm. Reineke has been heralded by The New York Times as "young and vigorous, with a playful attitude that has been a pops orchestral tradition since the heyday of Arthur Fiedler...a polished, welcoming host." John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, the couple The New York Times called "a musical match made in heaven," will perform with the orchestra in a program featuring festive holiday tunes such as "We Need a Little Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Go Tell It On the Mountain", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and "Little Bolero Boy". Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith Cluman, will also join The New York Pops in the festive concert at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (more...)

The New York Pops orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the holidays with swinging seasonal favorites on December 16 and 17, 2011 at 8:00pm. Reineke has been heralded by The New York Times as "young and vigorous, with a playful attitude that has been a pops orchestral tradition since the heyday of Arthur Fiedler...a polished, welcoming host." John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, the couple The New York Times called "a musical match made in heaven," will perform with the orchestra in a program featuring festive holiday tunes such as "We Need a Little Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Go Tell It On the Mountain", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and "Little Bolero Boy". Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith Cluman, will also join The New York Pops in the festive concert at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (more...)

The New York Pops orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the holidays with swinging seasonal favorites on December 16 and 17, 2011 at 8:00pm. (more...)

Super Bowl-winning football player Benjamin Utecht is winning over fans across the nation with his new holiday album Christmas Hope. (more...)

The New York Pops orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrates the holidays with swinging seasonal favorites on December 16 and 17, 2011 at 8:00pm. Reineke has been heralded by The New York Times as "young and vigorous, with a playful attitude that has been a pops orchestral tradition since the heyday of Arthur Fiedler...a polished, welcoming host." John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, the couple The New York Times called "a musical match made in heaven," will perform with the orchestra in a program featuring festive holiday tunes such as "We Need a Little Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Go Tell It On the Mountain", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" and "Little Bolero Boy". Essential Voices USA, conducted by Judith Cluman, will also join The New York Pops in the festive concert at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (more...)