Melbourne Festival review: Kormac's Big Band and Snarky Puppy
JAZZ KORMAC'S BIG BAND & SNARKY PUPPY – three and a half stars Melbourne Festival Hub, October 24 The pairing of Snarky...
View ArticleMaster Players to present internationally renowned Afiara String Quartet...
(Source: University of Delaware) The University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series will present the Afiara Quartet at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for...
View ArticleArt hits Melbourne streets in Social Studio exhibition (RMIT - Royal...
(Source: RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) 13 October 2014 A unique exhibition showcasing the work of emerging artists from The Social Studio is set to decorate the streets of Melbourne...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Toddlers yield to underwater magic
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL THEATRE Primo Alfredo Zinola and Felipe Gonzalez ArtPlay Until October 19 It's hard to think of a more challenging audience to make performance...
View ArticleClassical review: Dawn Upshaw, cohorts delight Festival Miami crowd
Composers from the world of popular music who attempt to write classical scores can find the distance between genres daunting. While many have failed to cross that divide successfully, Maria Schneider...
View Article(When the Sun Sets Over) Carlton review – it's time to revisit Melbourne rock
A new compilation charts how bands such as the Skyhooks, Sports and Daddy Cool were the cultural wing of the radical shifts that swept Whitlam-era Australia in the 1970s ...
View ArticleDance at one with nature The Scottish Dance Theatre performance at Kala...
Reaching out to partners with stretched torsos, legs, arms, elbows or even a finger; reaching out to feelings deep within; reaching out to the magical transforming and unifying power of music and dance...
View ArticleReview: Hall Ensemble gives enjoyable, informal concert at coffee house
Special to the Star-Telegram FORT WORTH — Someone undoubtedly had history in mind when planning Sunday evening’s opening of the Hall Ensemble’s fourth season. The program was at the Avoca Coffee House....
View ArticleSymphoria's 'Dark and Stormy Night' a musical treat (Review)
By Linda Loomis Contributing Writer When Darth Vader mounts the podium beneath the vaulted ceiling of Inspiration Hall to conduct a pharaoh, an escaped prisoner, Dorothy, a 10-foot high clarinet and a...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Imaginative work unleashes wild energies
Colourful: When the Mountain Changed Its Clothing is bizarre but curiously superficial. Photo: Angela Wylie Reviewer rating: Rating: 3 out of 5 stars WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CHANGED ITS CLOTHING ★★★ Heiner...
View ArticleAvant Chamber Ballet cavorts in ‘Carnival of Animals’ at Richardson’s...
RICHARDSON — Of all the little ballet companies popping up around North Texas, Avant Chamber Ballet has garnered the most attention. Credit its breeding and use of live chamber music. Music director...
View ArticleChiral Quartet to play at CIT > 5th November (CIT - Cork Institute of...
(Source: CIT - Cork Institute of Technology) Published on: Tuesday, 28 October 2014 Date: 5th November 2014 Time: 13:00 Venue: Rory Gallagher Theatre Cost: €8.00 Tickets: €8 / €5 Available now...
View ArticleCarnival on stage
What can you do with nothing? “Quite a lot!” say Pierre Cluzaud, David Cluzaud, Lenaïg Fannière of French circus act Compagnie 3xRein, adding that the name of their company itself comes from a French...
View ArticleBirthday celebrations for renowned composer (University of Cambridge)
(Source: University of Cambridge) A major programmeto celebrate the career of one of Britain's greatest living composers comes to Cambridge in November. Secret Theatres: the Music of Harrison...
View ArticleSuper strings: The Borodin Quartet
Russia's Borodin Quartet are best known for performing works by two of their country's greatest composers - their namesake, the 19th century's Alexander Borodin, and 20th century giant Dmitri...
View ArticleMusic review: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra upbeat across American Panorama
MUSIC Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - three and a half stars Hamer Hall November 1 & 2 For the final of its 2014 Pops Concerts, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was joined by conductor Keith...
View ArticleAustralian String Quartet cancels Melbourne Festival concert
The Australian String Quartet has cancelled its Melbourne Festival performance this weekend,...
View ArticleMelbourne festival review: celebrated guitarist makes glorious return
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL MUSIC PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP ★★★★☆ Hamer Hall October 22 Pat Metheny has described his Unity Group as a "Technicolour, IMAX version" of the band it grew out of (the Unity Band). The...
View ArticleMelbourne Festival review: Something Very Far Away
Something Very Far Away. Reviewer rating: Rating: 4 out of 5 stars THEATRE SOMETHING VERY FAR AWAY Unicorn Theatre Fairfax Studio Arts Centre, until October 19 When CGI can render the whole galaxy on...
View ArticleThe Brentano String Quartet performs classical works by Mozart, Bartók, and...
(Source: Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) BLACKSBURG, Va., Oct. 21, 2014 - The Brentano String Quartet will present a program of classical music that highlights the...
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