Atlanta Ballet Welcomes Back Robert Barnett and Caroline Cavallo Today, 6/26
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2012 This summer, Atlanta Ballet will welcome back two of its legends - Artistic Director Emeritus Robert "Bobby" Barnett and former Atlanta Ballet dancer turned international ballet sensation Caroline Cavallo....
Leonidas Kavakos To Conduct and Perform With Atlanta Symphony, 3/22-24
by Kelsey Denette - February 29, 2012 Acclaimed violinist Leonidas Kavakos will take both center stage and the podium to lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a program including Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 and Symphony No. 34, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. The performances will take place March 22-24 at 8:00 p.m., in Atlanta Symp...
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's David Coucheron to Perform Sibelius Violin Concerto, 5/31-6/2
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2012 Concertmaster David Coucheron will take center stage to perform Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra May 31, June 1-2, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Spano will also lead the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and the Atlanta Symphony premiere...
CINDERELLA, DRACULA et al. Included in Atlanta Ballet 12-13 Season
by Mark Valdez - March 30, 2012 Atlanta Ballet has announced its 2012-13 season, highlighted by the return of Michael Pink's DRACULA and the North American premiere of the reinterpretation of CARMINA BURANA by choreographer David Bintley....
Walter Huff Named Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
by Kelsey Denette - August 07, 2012 Atlanta Opera Chorus Master, Walter Huff, will join the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music's faculty as Adjunct Associate Professor of Music (choral conducting) this fall. Along with his responsibilities at the Jacobs School, Huff will continue his duties as Atlanta Opera Chorus Master. Mr. H...
Atlanta Opera Closes Season With DON GIOVANNI, Now thru 5/6
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2012 The Atlanta Opera closes its 2011-2012 season with Mozart's Don Giovanni tonight, April 28, May 1, 4 and 6, 2012 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni is described as 'a brilliant combination of comedy and tragedy, telling of the...
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Falcons Team Up to Celebrate Veterans, 11/20
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2012 Atlanta Falcons players Justin Blalock (Offensive Guard, #63) and Michael Turner (Running Back, #33) have partnered with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Georgia's military veterans through the Orchestra's 'Music for the Military' initiative....
Beethoven, Copland, Bernstein, World Premieres and More Set for Atlanta Symphony's 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2012 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., Music Director Robert Spano, and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles have announced the 2012-13 season of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - the Orchestra's 68th season and Mr. Spano's and Mr. Runnicles's 12th season as artistic...
Atlanta Symphony Announces The Florence Kopleff Choral Administrator Chair
by Kelsey Denette - July 27, 2012 The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced the creation of The Florence Kopleff Choral Administrator Chair in perpetuity as a tribute to American Contralto Florence Kopleff who died on July 24, 2012. The impact of Miss Kopleff - once called the "greatest living alto" by Time magazine - on American...
Violinist Gil Shaham To Perform with Atlanta Symphony in April
by Kelsey Denette - March 06, 2012 Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 12 and 14, 2012, at 8:00 p.m., and April 15 at 3:00 p.m. Guest violinist Gil Shaham will perform Bach's Concerto in E Major and Stravinsky's Violin Concerto....
The Atlanta Opera to Host 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase, 1/25-26
by BWW News Desk - January 10, 2013 The Atlanta Opera will host its 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 7 p.m. EST. Audiences can attend for free or tune in via LIVE WEBCAST....
The Atlanta Opera Hosts 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase, 1/25-26
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2013 The Atlanta Opera will host its 24-Hour Opera Project Showcase on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 7 p.m. EST. Audiences can attend for free or tune in via LIVE WEBCAST....
Atlanta Symphony Announces November Concerts
by Kelsey Denette - October 31, 2012 November 1-3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.: Guest conductor Asher Fisch will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration and excerpts from Wagner's Die Meistersinger. Pianist Stewart Goodyear will join the Orchestra for Mozart's Rondo in D Major and Piano Concerto No. 24....
TDP Student Musicians To Compete in Sphinx Competition
by Kelsey Denette - January 25, 2013 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program (TDP) student musician Myrtil Mitanga and TDP alumnus Xavier Foley are semi-finalists in the prestigious 2013 Sphinx Competition. The annual competition offers young African-American and Latino classical string players the opportunity to compete ...
Justin Blalock Partners With the Atlanta Symphony in Support of Music Education
by Kelsey Denette - May 23, 2012 Justin Blalock, starting left guard for the Atlanta Falcons, will partner with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as a spokesman for music education during its "When I Play Music" campaign for music education. Mr. Blalock, who grew up playing tuba at his school, and continues to play drums and guitar, r...
Guest Conductor Michael Christie to Lead Atlanta Symphony, Now thru 4/28
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2012 Guest conductor Michael Christie will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra premiere of Weinberg's 'Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes' and the Orchestra premiere Schubert's Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished," as completed by Marcel Tyberg. Guest pianist Behzo...
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Announces David Coucheron as Recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair
by Max Schwager - May 14, 2012 The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced Concertmaster David Coucheron is the new recipient of The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair. The chair, which was first announced in January 2011, was established with a $1.85 million endowment gift from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation. Mr. Coucheron was ...
Atlanta Ballet Presents New Choreographic Voices Tonight, 5/18
by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012 This month, Atlanta Ballet (AB) Artistic Director John McFall presents another cast of emerging choreographers in the Company's now annual production New Choreographic Voices (NCV) - a mixed repertory program featuring two world premieres and an Atlanta Ballet premiere on the Alliance Stage at The W...
2012 BWW Atlanta Regional Awards - Nominate Your Favorites!
by BWW - October 01, 2012 After the successful launch of BroadwayWorld Regional Awards in 2010, we have expanded, updated, and are ready for this year's awards!...
Atlanta Symphony Announces 2013 Decorators' Show House & Gardens
by Kelsey Denette - February 19, 2013 Nestled in the heart of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood sits one of the city's most impressive homes - a grand display of French architecture constructed by William T. Baker, one of America's most famed residential designers. The French-inspired home will be this year's project house for the 43rd An...
Steve Martin Headlines ASO Gala for Music Ed, 3/2
by Kelsey Denette - December 07, 2012 The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will host its third annual Symphony Gala on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta. The evening will include a performance by Grammy Award winner Steve Martin and bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orch...
Pianist Yuja Wang Makes Atlanta Symphony Debut Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2012 Guest conductor Roberto Abbado will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 19, 20, and 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center....
Pianist Yuja Wang To Make Atlanta Symphony Debut in April
by Kelsey Denette - March 12, 2012 Guest conductor Roberto Abbado will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra April 19, 20, and 21, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center....
TOSCA, FAUST and THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Set for Atlanta Opera's 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2013 The Atlanta Opera, one of the nation's finest regional opera companies enriching lives through the power of opera, yesterday announced its 2013-2014 season. The season opens with Tosca in October 2013, followed by Gounod's Faust in March 2014, and concludes with The Barber of Seville in April and Ma...
Beethoven, Copland, Bernstein, World Premieres and More Set for Atlanta Symphony's 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2012 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., Music Director Robert Spano, and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles have announced the 2012-13 season of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - the Orchestra's 68th season and Mr. Spano's and Mr. Runnicles's 12th season as artistic... |