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Jan 29, 2021 The Minot Symphony Orchestra will present “Simple is Better” for a limited live audience on Thursday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 6. The performance will also be available in a virtual concert format on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 3 p.m. With the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases in Ward County the Minot Symphony Orchestra will welcome a limited live audience to attend the annual family concert, 200 max per performance. The performances will be held at Minot State University’s Ann ...

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra continues its 42nd season with live streamed performances featuring award winning Maestro Francesco Lecce-Chong and top prize winning classical guitar virtuoso Adam Levin. Maestro Lecce-Chong will lead the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in a remarkable program including magnificent Brooklyn-based Jessie Montgomerys beautiful and textural Strum for string orchestra, Grażyna Bacewiczs energetic Concerto for String Orchestra, and the charming Divertimento No. 1 in D...

12 classical music performances to stir and soothe winter of our discontent Updated Jan 13, 2021; Even though the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on musical organizations everywhere, artists have dug deeper to find ways to connect with audiences. Portland is fortunate to have excellent online options that will broadcast familiar and new works, including the dozen mentioned here. - Portland Operas 2020/21 Resident Artists (from left) Michael Parham, Lynnesha Crump, David Morgans Sanchez, Edwi...

Many Northeast Pennsylvania ensembles found new ways to share their talents this holiday season. When the coronavirus pandemic left them unable to hold in-person concerts and fundraisers as usual, they moved their efforts online. Here’s how you can stream these local performances from the safety of quarantine. ‘Hark’ The Scranton Shakespeare Festival put together a virtual variety show featuring a series of holiday music videos by festival alumni and Northeast Pennsylvania native...

Audeze LCD-1 planar-magnetic headphone Audeze is one of the only headphone makers devoted exclusively to using planar-magnetic (PM) drivers in its products. The company offers a wide range of models, from reference over-ear designs to gaming-specific cans to in-ear monitors, all of which are based on PM technology. I have little experience with planar-magnetic headphones. Many years ago, I reviewed the Stax SR-007 MK2 electrostatic headphones, which use a somewhat similar technology, but...

5:20 In a challenging year for the performing arts, the Albany Symphony Orchestra got some good news this fall. It has been nominated for a Grammy for the fifth time in seven years.  It’s a sound – and feeling – that a lot of us haven’t experienced in a while. In a year that has largely stifled the music industry, the ASO was nominated for its newly-released performance of Christopher Theofanidis’ “Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra” – a performance recorded way back in 2...

The happiest memories of Christmas frequently involve children. Sometimes it is the joy they bring others, sometimes it is the vicarious pleasure we take in their joy. The Hyde Park Youth Symphony (HPYS) has done something that offered a little bit of both in a pair of Zoom streaming events. The first event on Dec. 9 was the group’s annual gala, a fundraising event which highlighted the symphony’s achievements in the past year and featured a very special guest, Rachel Barton Pine. Pin...

JONES CABARET SERIES: SONGS FOR A BETTER DAY, digital stream beginning at 1:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, through Sunday, Dec. 20, an uplifting collection of inspiring songs from musical theater, American Songbook and holiday repertoire, presented by Colorado Mesa University music department, $10, proceeds support scholarships for majors in CMU’s BFA-Music Theatre program, tickets at coloradomesa.edu/tickets. COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY CONCERT, streaming available Friday to Friday, Dec. 11�...

Gold stays curious even after hundreds of performances he keeps finding new ways to interpret classic characters it was wonderful meeting him and watching him on stage even more so hopefully hell be back again next year. if. he. either back home to the high go music festival. this year south africas bunch of been a string orchestra performs use of haydns missing. or mass for troubled times with a quiet from austria.