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New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images Milford Graves, circa 2000, in front of his house in South Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images Drummer, scientist, educator and improviser Milford Graves died in his Queens, N.Y. home around 3 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 12. He was 79. Lois, his wife of sixty-one years, confirmed to NPR that the cause was congestive heart failure, related to a 2018 diagnosis of amyloid cardi...

Saturday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. | Online Concert Join the Austin Civic Orchestra in its February installment of   The Beat Goes On, a series of virtual events featuring ACO musicians organized into chamber ensembles. The concert will be streamed on its YouTube and Facebook pages on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and available to watch any time afterwards. This hour-long concert features 10 ensembles comprised of Orchestra members and their families. We observed the tighter restrictions in the Austin area for COVID-19 by reducing the size of the ensembles as well as contributing to re...

The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra will present a concert on Feb. 8-9 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Douglas Bakenhus is music director of the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra. Juan Pablo Paternina Paez is the graduate assistant conductor. The Feb. 8 concert is for NSU students. Admission is free with a current student I.D. Tickets to the Feb. 9 concert are for the general public and are $15. Seating is limited to 72. Masks are required and social distancing should be observed. Symphony season ticket subscribers are encouraged to make reservations by calling (...

Salina Symphony's 'Listen Together' Virtual Chamber Concert Series set for Sunday By Gary Demuth Losing the opportunity to conduct the Salina Symphony for the 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a huge disappointment for symphony interim music director David Littrell.  So, he decided to pull out his cello and perform in a virtual chamber concert along with several other symphony musicians.  “We had planned a regular season because we thought this would be all over by fall,” he said. “But in November we said 'forget it, we can’t do it.' That’s why we’re doing virt...

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 natives alongside host and season regular Conor McGuigan. Proceeds benefit the festival’s upcoming 10...