Classic film re-enacted live

NASHVILLE, TN (AAPNW) – The Nashville Symphony plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live-to-film performances of West Side Story in their February 2025 schedule.…

Quartet to jazz up the airways

TROY, OH (NWPR) – At the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, the University of Dayton Jazz Quartet will perform on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30 pm for Hayner’s Drawing Room Chamber Concert.…

A concert of hope

NASHVILLE, TN (AAPNW – The Nashville Symphony will conduct its 31st annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration concert, “MLK: A Celebration in Song” on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 7:30 pm…

Killian to fill the airways

WATER MILL, NY (PNAN) – Tunes of originals, jazz favorites and holiday selections will fill the airways on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm, with Virtuoso New York-based sax…

Acoustic guitarist solo feature

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ (PNAN) – On Sunday, December 11 at 4:00 pm at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, internationally renowned guitarist Francis Goya joins the New Jersey…

A cultural 16th century experience

CLUTE, TX (PNAN) – Celebrated biennially since 1988, the Elizabethan Madrigal Feast returns to The Center for the Arts & Sciences‘ Dow Arena Theater with 10 performances on November 25-27,…

It is all about Jazz

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (NWPR) – Celebrating more than 20 years as innovators in the Indianapolis arts and culture scene, the 2022 annual Indy Jazz Fest is slated for Saturday, October 1 and Sunday,…

Festival is a musical icon

CHICAGO, IL (AAPNW) – This Saturday, September 24 and Sunday 25, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2022 presents more than 34 free performances at multiple locations. They are: Venues: the…

Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

WASHINGTON, D.C. (PNAN) – The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters and kick off a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the program…

Dancers to take stage

DAYTON, OH (NWPR) – On Friday, February 11 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, February 12 at 7:30 pm; and Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2:30 pm in the Victoria Theatre, the…

Classical series on the marque

WATER MILL, NY (PNAN) – The fall schedule of the Parrish Art Museum’s classical music program, “Salon Series”  opens with pianist Solomon Eichner on Friday, November 5 at 6:00 pm.…

Performing arts season open

AUBRUN, IN (AAPDN) – Now in its 12th season, the DeKalb Outdoor Theater Project began to promote the arts. Its current updated 2020 forthcoming schedule follows: Friday, July 21, 2020…

Theatre Camp begins in June

Beginning in June, the Historic Sidney Theatre in Sidney, Ohio will host its annual Summer Theatre Camp with two sessions. The first begins on Monday, June 3 through June 7,…

Airways to fill with many hits

Directed by Chelsea Whirledge and accompanied by Christopher Andres, on Saturday, May 18, at 7:00 pm and on Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 pm, the Greenville High School Vocal Music…

Concert series has much action

Beginning on Thursdays, from May 30 through July 18, 2019, the Indiana Historical Society’s Concerts on the Canal begins with live music from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Eugene…

He is dancing his way up

Albert Einstein said, “Dancers are athletes of God” and I have discovered one recently added to the San Diego Ballet and in my view, a rising star to their company,…

Arts to come alive at event

  SPARTANBURG, SC – (PNAN) – Opening Thursday, January 19, 2017 during ArtWalk, the West Main Artists Co-Op headlines this event with two new art exhibits. In addition, at 7:00…

Youth to headline java concerts

HENDERSONVILLE, NC – (PNAN) Hometown concert pianist Christopher Tavernier will perform for two coffee-themed concerts on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15, 2017 at the Hendersonville Community Theatre. These…

Icon’s sounds to fill the airways

  OAKLAND, CA –  (PNAN) –  Performing at the Yoshis in Oakland on Saturday, January 21 and Sunday 22, 2017, Pete Escovedo (http://peteescovedo.com) leads one of the top Latin-Jazz Orchestras…

OH: Lima

WHERE: Veterans Memorial Civic Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Cool Beauty BRIEF ABOUT: The Lima Symphony Orchestra begins its 2016-2017, featuring two compositions by Finnish composer…

IN: Lafayette

Call for Artists BRIEF ABOUT: The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is holding Orchestra auditions on Sunday, August 20, 2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm  and on Monday, August 21, 2016…

CA: San Francisco

  WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: September 3, 2016 through June 25, 2017. Leslie and Merle Rabine Performance Season   BRIEF ABOUT: YBCA is spotlighting artists whose…

SC: Spartanburg

WHERE: Spartanburg Library. WHEN: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 beginning at 12:15 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: This special lunchtime concert will feature two of Western North Carolina’s most celebrated and talented young…

‘Fire of Life’

Along with a captive audience, I was totally in awe by the performance of Forever Flamenco recently at the John Anson Ford Theatre. This was a crescendo of over 700…

Musical giant on the marquee

  The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will provide a rich background of orchestral mood for Kenny G’s unmistakable saxophone as he plays favorite selections from his extensive catalog of albums when…

OH: Portland

  WHERE: Hall-Moser Theatre at Arts Place. WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Founded in 1997, and named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest…

Four tapped for opera program

The four vocalists were selected from national auditions to begin their residencies in the Dayton Opera Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program.  Soprano Kasia Borowiec, Mezzo-Soprano Melisa Bonetti, Tenor Zachary Devin and Baritone…

CA: San Francisco

WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Performances on Friday, January  22, 2016 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, 23rd at 8:00 pm. The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America BRIEF ABOUT:…

The hills of Nashville to ring

Taking place at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 17, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the program, “Let Freedom Sing” becomes the Nashville Symphony’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert,…

WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through January 24, 2016. Une Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance) The silent, black-and-white video work by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, which is repeated…

All taking place at the Portland Center of Arts Place in Portland, Indiana, from “A Night on the Town” performance series, concert goers can call 260.726.4809 or go online to:…

Art disciplines join as one

This is a true marriage of the Visual and Performing Arts. Like a magician, Todd Williamson has harnessed light and sound onto his new body of works. As Kandinsky interrupted…

Concert to be a seasonal joy

  The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, conducted by Dr. Betsey Hofeldt, will present their annual Fall Concert on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:00 pm at the Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist…

Bay Area composer a first

As its first Composer Lab & Workshop Fellow, the Nashville Symphony named Gabriella Smith to return several times next year to work with music director Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra.…

They ‘raised’ him up

Promoted to Associate Conductor, Vinay Parameswaran said, “It is an incredible honor to be a part of the Nashville Symphony, and I am excited for the next three years as…

Artist 1st solo in the Motor City

Opening Friday, September 18, 2015, this multi-year research program is one of the most ambitious undertakings to date for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD.  Detroit City is comprised of…

Ioannides to pass baton

  At the helm for 12 seasons, Music Director and Conductor of Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Ioannides will be passing the baton to her new successor at the end of…