About 90 minutes long, performed without an intermission, A Heart Full of Love reunites two alums of Broadway’s Les Misérables (she was the Cosette to his Marius), and for those movie-musical aficionados who could not stand to watch live-singing on film, here is a real live performance where do not have to scream a scream as time goes by. Continue reading »
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ON CLASSICAL MUSIC | Venezuela superstar Gustavo Dudamel and his Simón Bolívar Orchestra tour the U.S.
The troupe arrives to New York on December 6th. This gig coincides with the Musical America Awards ceremony, presented to Gustavo Dudamel and José Antonio Abreu as “Musician of the Year” and “Educator of the Year,” respectively. Continue reading »
ON TELEVISION | Audra McDonald new “Live From Lincoln Center” host
McDonald has signed up to host seven broadcasts from December 2012 through Spring 2013. She will sing in this year’s New Year’s Eve telecast. Continue reading »
CAUSES | Mike Ruiz turns his birthday into fundraiser for drop-in center for LGBT youth
Special guest, Carmen Elektra, will also debut her new smash hit single, ‘I Like it Loud.’ ” Continue reading »
CAUSES | Pop/rock legend Cyndi Lauper concert to raise awareness about homelessness LGBT youth
& Friends: Home for the Holidays,” a concert to raise awareness about homelessness within the LGBT youth community and to support equality for all. Continue reading »
CAUSES | Gospel music revue raises funds for interfaith youth leadership thinktank
Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown: The Musical), the high-energy music of Praise! is inspired by the common themes shared in world religions. Continue reading »
Music Notes | Musician/composer David Yazbek debuts new monthly series at 92YTribeca
Yazbek promises musical stylings and new songs debuted at every show, and he will invites guests from the worlds of theater, music, comedy and beyond. Continue reading »
Deadlines | Grant proposals for music archiving and preservation sought, Oct. 11
The scientific research projects grant program awards funding of up to $20,000 to organizations and individuals working to research the impact of music on the human condition. Continue reading »
Romania’s gypsy brass music phenom, Fanfare Ciocarlia, tours North America in September
Everyone who has heard Fanfare Ciocarlia agrees on one thing: No brass band plays as fast. Their breakneck speed, technical chops, ripping rhythms and sweet’n sour horns are different from any other brass band on earth. Continue reading »
Polish Theatre Institute polishes off musical bash of Polish songs
Polish Theatre Institute in the USA was created by a group of Polish theater artists who were refugees or became exiles of Communist/Soviet-occupied Europe. Continue reading »
Click here to listen to American singer-composer Meredith Monk speak on music, voice and spiritual practices
Meredith Monk, Musical America’s 2012 Composer of the Year, was recently interviewed on American Public Media. The conversation airs nationally this weekend, February 18 and 19. You may also listen to the entire interview by visiting this link: http://onbeing.org/programs/2012/meredith-monk/ Continue reading »
Broadway’s Jose Llana, Orville Mendoza, Angel Desai, Joan Almedilla, Ali Ewoldt serenade Europe’s international music festival
The National Operetta Theatre “Ion Dacian” Presents “A Medley of Sondheim“ — a special concert tribute performance Featuring Broadway star performers Joan Almedilla, Ali Ewoldt, Angel Desai, Jose Llana and Orville Mendoza Tuesday, 17th of November 2011 within the International Festival for Musical Performing Arts “Life is Beautiful” 4th edition Bucharest, Romania BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — … Continue reading »
A one-of-a-kind international festival of musical performing arts in Romania celebrates Stephen Sondheim
A special concert performance of Sondheim musicals and a conference, entitled “Sondheim And After: A Listening Party” pays tribute to America’s Greatest Living Composer, within the framework of the 4th edition of the International Festival for Musical Performing Arts “Life is Beautiful” in Bucharest. Continue reading »
Mexico-born performance artist Pablo Helguera reinterprets Bach’s fugue into year-long “Well-Tempered Exposition”
NEW YORK CITY: On September 21, the New York-based, Mexico-born performance artist and scholar Pablo Helguera kicks off his ambitious year-long project, The Well-Tempered Exposition, at Location One, located at 23 Greene Street in downtown SoHo in New York City. Location One‘s 2011-2012 Senior Artist-in-Residence, Helguera is putting together a series of 24 events in which … Continue reading »