Roger Powell Releases Solo Piano Blue Note Ridge
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Fossil Poet Records) - Roger Powell releases Blue Note Ridge, a collection of improvisations that embrace classical melody, contemporary harmony and impressionist forms on this debut solo piano album. A stream of consciousness merging styles and eras, Blue Note Ridge ...
| Leading International Music Stars Headline The Fourth Annual Napa Valley Festival Del Sole
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Napa Valley Festival del Sole, one of the world's most distinctive summer festivals, announces its fourth season in California's beautiful wine country, July 17-25, 2009. With performances every day, music is the centerpiece of a festival hailed by The ...
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FUJITSU TEN Announces The 'ECLIPSE Masterclass' In Association With Berklee College Of Music At Boston's Historic Trinity Church On March 26, 2009
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ ECLIPSE) - FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, manufacturer of leading automotive electronics, has teamed up with Boston's Berklee College of Music, the institution that pioneered college-level, contemporary music education, to host the 'ECLIPSE Masterclass,' at 6:30 p.m., on March 26, 2009 ...
| Dranoff Foundation Brings Classical Music, Poetry, Rap 'Mash-Up' To Arsht Center, May 5
MIAMI, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation) - The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation will host 'Piano Slam: The Music Speaks,' a two-piano classical music and rap poetry mash-up at the James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center on Tuesday, May 5, culminating an ...
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Musicians From Thirty Countries And Territories To Comprise YouTube Symphony Orchestra
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Youtube) - YouTube announced the members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, the world's first orchestra selected entirely through auditions on-line. The musicians will travel from thirty countries and territories around the world to New York City to participate in a classical ...
| Denon Classics' Andre Rieu No 1 Top Selling Classical Artist & No 8 Pollstar Touring Act In 2008!
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Denon Classics) - Denon Classics, once again the U.S.'s No 1 independent Classical label is celebrating the announcement of Andre Rieu as the No 1 selling Classical artist for 2008 according to Billboard Magazine as well as attaining the No 8 spot in Pollstar Magazine ...
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Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra National City Superpops Series Friday/Saturday March 13/14 Concert Presents Downtown Diva Starring Petula Clark
DAYTON, OH. (Top40 Charts/ Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra) - On Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the Schuster Center, DPO Music Director Neal Gittleman and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra welcome legendary pop vocalist Petula Clark. Born with "a voice as sweet as chapel bells," ...
| Mark O'Connor's Violin Revolution
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - In a revolutionary move, famed composer and violinist Mark O'Connor is preparing to release the first-ever violin method that reflects an "American School" of study. For hundreds of years, the origins of violin education have been abroad - Germany, Russia, ...
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The Priests in Concert at Armagh Cathedral DVD
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) - Three Northern Irish middle-aged priests - brothers Father Martin and Father Eugene O'Hagan, along with school friend Father David Delargy - who signed a global recording deal in 2008 with Sony BMG, made an extraordinary debut concert in one ...
| Erland Von Koch Has Passed Away
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Erland Von Koch Official Website) - He belonged to the circle of composers that debuted during the 1930s. Others in this group were Lars-Erik Larsson and Gunnar de Frumerie. The composer Erland von Koch was 98 years old, and one of the foremost Swedish composers of the 20th ...
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Music From Presidential Inauguration Released By Sony Masterworks Exclusively On iTunes
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - Air and Simple Gifts , the classical work composed to celebrate the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, has been released by Sony Masterworks exclusively via the iTunes Store. The work, written especially for the talents ...
| The 5 Browns To Appear At Steinway Piano Gallery
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Steinway & Sons) - Steinway & Sons is proud to announce a special appearance of The 5 Browns - classical music's hottest phenomenon - at the new Steinway & Sons Piano Gallery, Long Island. On February 18 at 7:00 p.m., The 5 Browns will perform several selections ...
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Freddie Ravel, Grammy-Nominated Pianist And 'Motivational Maestro' To Perform TUNE UP TO SUCCESS In Calabasas, California
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Freddie Ravel Official Website) - Freddie Ravel, (www.freddieravel.com) America's No 1 Motivational Maestro and Grammy nominated producer and pianist is scheduled to perform his keynote concert at the "Founders Hall" in the brand new Calabasas City Hall on February 20, ...
| Five Things You Should Know About Conductor Carlo Ponti
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Carlo Ponti is Music Director and Principal Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra whose debut album with the world-renowned Russian National Orchestra is out on PentaTone Classics now and garnering rave reviews. He is also the son of actress ...
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Yale Whiffenpoofs Turn 100!
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Top40 Charts/ Yale Whiffenpoofs) - 2009 marks the 100th birthday of the Yale Whiffenpoofs (www.whiffenpoofs.com) -America's oldest and most famous collegiate a cappella singing group. The founding of the Whiffenpoofs began what has evolved into an American popular music phenomenon ...
| Sarah Brightman's PBS Special Symphony - Live in Vienna CD/DVD Release
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records) - Due to overwhelming demand by her devoted fans, Manhattan Records will make a CD/DVD of Sarah Brightman's PBS special 'Symphony - Live in Vienna', available at retail for the first time on March 10, 2009. The package features the best-selling British soprano's ...
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Classical Guitar Wonder Stuart Weber Celebrates Great American Concert Houses With New Release 'The Fifth Row' In Stores April 21
BOZEMAN, Mont. (Top40 Charts/ Bridger Artists) - Over the last two decades, classical guitarist Stuart Weber has emerged as one of today's most forward thinking virtuosos in both his interpretations of the classics and his richly melodic original compositions. With his latest offering, "The Fifth Row" ...
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Project Mozart
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Boston Symphony Orchestra) - The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present Project Mozart, a unique fashion contest featuring designs inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, scheduled in conjunction with upcoming BSO all-Mozart programs, February 12, 17, and 19, at ...
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Chiara String Trio and Pianist Soyeon Lee @ The Cellar, Vancouver
Vancouver, BC, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Chiara String Quartet Official Website) - Come hear some of the finest players in the US play 'Chamber Music in Any Chamber'! The Chiara String Trio / and pianist Soyeon Lee - February 24, 2009 8pm at The Cellar 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC. Program: Mozart ...
| The Orchard Announces Substantial New Additions To Its Classical Offering
NEW YORK & CANNES, France (Top40 Charts/ Orchard) - The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), a global leader in music and video entertainment, announced today a slew of major classical signings, further strengthening The Orchard's position in the fast-growing classical digital market. According to BPI figures for ...
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