Classical music coverage shouldn't be ignored -

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Judith Weir to be appointed first female master of Queen's music

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Singapore Chinese Orchestra breaks Guinness records

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Musicians worry about Delaware Symphony's future

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I turned Google Glass into opera glasses

Readable but minimally distracting translations floated in the corner of my vision, allowing me to move my eyes instead of my head. And unlike a seat-back or projection system, it didn’t matter which direction I was facing.



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Stéphane Denève appointed chief conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic

Stéphane Denève has landed two prestigious appointments: as chief conductor of the Brussels Philharmonic and as the inaugural director of the Centre for Future Orchestral Repertoire (Cffor), a research institution dedicated to discovering the music of ...



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Music streaming to be counted in the classical chart

From today (Friday 27 June), the official Classical Chart will take streamed music into account, with the results being published from 6 July onwards.



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Police step in after busker drama in Bridport, Dorset

A stand off between rival buskers ended with a cellist hurling a bucket of water over a guitarist



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Ailing conductor Ozawa returns to podium in Europe

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Julius Rudel, Longtime Impresario and Conductor of City Opera, Dies at 93

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Stage fright: classical music's dark secret

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Why are salaries so markedly different between British and US orchestras?

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UK string quartet enters US Hot 100

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Rare Stradivari Viola Fails to Attract Buyer - New York Times (blog)

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Russian violinist Kolosov to be SNS apprentice

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Florida Orchestra names musical director

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Mediations and Mutiny Backstage

Glenn Dicterow Discusses Leaving New York Philharmonic



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An Aldeburgh Musicircus - in pictures

Aldeburgh festival turned the town into a giant communal performing space on Sunday 22 June to celebrate John Cage's anarchic vision of music-making in his Musicircus.



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What's Worth $45 Million — Or More? One Viola

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Arizona Opera $85k close to Million Dollar May goal

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Opera Australia has sacked soprano Tamar Iveri over homophobic slurs

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Is Parity Time Here for the Classical Violin?

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Royal Albert Hall? Nope, this orchestra plays in an NSP carpark

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Musicians defiant on future of Croydon's resident orchestra, London Mozart Players (LMP)

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Calling all Classical Musicians ...

A classical cellist and two academic researchers from Regent’s University London are carrying out a research study aimed at ‘classical music postgraduates’ who graduated between 2008/09 to 2013/14.



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Shreveport Symphony, musicians get new 3-year pact

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Conducting a classical orchestra for the first time: 'the more power I assumed the happier they got'

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Opera singer accused of homophobia blames husband

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Johnny Mann dies at 85; Grammy-winning conductor and arranger

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This Glove Makes You Beethoven

All you have to do to play like Beethoven, Starner tells me, is slip on this glove he's made called the Mobile Music Touch and it's just bzzz, bzzz bzzz… bzzz bzzz…bzzz bzzz buh bzzz bzzz bzzz. Pretty soon you're playing Beethoven's “Ode to Joy” like ...



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Children 'should not memorise composers in school music'

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Classical music audiences should be free to behave how they wish

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Thomas Wilkins named principal conductor of Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

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Iraqi Youth Orchestra Cancels American Trip - New York Times (blog)

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Crowd surfer carried away by Handel thrown out of alternative Proms

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Italy's Opera Crisis

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Gergiev tops Russian rich list by norman lebrecht

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Curtis Institute Graduates to Devote Year of Service to Community

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Meryl Streep to Portray Opera Legend Maria Callas in HBO Adaptation of MASTER CLASS

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Met Opera Orchestra slams Peter Gelb

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'Klinghoffer' Composer Responds to Met's Decision

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Nashville Symphony bailout cost lenders some $39 million

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The 10 worst things about playing the trombone - Classic FM

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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in Sarajevo

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Black, Hispanic musicians find classical inspiration through Young Strings

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Metropolitan Opera cancels 'Klinghoffer' cinema broadcasts

Officials at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have canceled the company's live cinema broadcast of its upcoming production of John Adams' controversial "The Death of Klinghoffer," citing an "outpouring of concern" that the transmission might incite anti-Semitism.



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BSO Announces New Orchestra Appointments

Following national auditions, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the appointments of Principal Trombone Aaron LaVere and Assistant Principal Oboe Melissa Hooper; additionally, Principal Cello Dariusz Skoracezwski,



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BBC to give every child the ten pieces of classical music 'they need to hear'

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Quebec on the path to separation (from a U.S. music union)

Musicians voted to split from American Federation of Musicians in a referendum this week, but bargaining over how to serve the needs of French-speaking artists may be just beginning.



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Musequality World Busk 2014: Richard Harwood plays Haydn Cello Concerto in C

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BBC launches new annual music awards

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BBC plans primary school classical music campaign

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Pianist faints mid-Beethoven; a doctor in the house jumps to his rescue

Talk about beautiful music making you swoon.



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The poor Irish emigrant, the American dream and the €12m Stradivarius violin

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Russian musicians' support for Putin not playing well

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CSO gets record-setting pair of gifts totaling $32 million

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Recently launched Manchester-based DecPlay provides online piano lessons that teach novices to play their first song in just one hour, using its ground-breaking FastPlay method

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Why is the opera world so damn uptight? - Spectator.co.uk (blog)

If the BBC wants to call Russell Watson an opera singer, they should be able to do that and not be forced to offer a grovelling apology.



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Nine-year-old violin prodigy wins international competition

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National Symphony Orchestra says farewell to 7 members

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A Digital Orchestra for Opera? Purists Take (and Play) Offense

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Danish Composer Wins $200000 Prize From Philharmonic

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Journey Composer in Contract Dispute With Musicians' Union

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Violin star James Ehnes weighs in on music education

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Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, former Montreal orchestra conductor, dies at 80

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Classical music in a car park

An orchestra is bringing Shostakovich to a Peckham car park this summer, with tickets from a fiver



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Sydney Opera House to stream Emanuel Ax's Beethoven cycle

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A Symphony's Viral Video

Debating the Seattle Orchestra’s Foray With Sir Mix-A-Lot



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You'll Never Hear 'Wiggle' The Same Way Again Thanks To This Pole Dancin' Clarinet Player

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Six of the best: football-mad musicians

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra introduces "Concert Cash" to lure subscribers

In a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune, the Symphony laid out the offer: A $100 credit toward any future ticket purchase for season ticket subscribers who buy a 5, 6, 8 or 10-concert series by June 20.



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Does it matter that arts audiences are white, metropolitan and middle class?

Harriet Harman warns of a generation of people with 'no meaningful exposure' to opera and classical music. Stephen Moss and Bonnie Greer go head to head on whether outreach programmes would make them fans



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Interested in Film Scoring? Pulse College, Dublin is Hosting Live Online Event for Unique Masters Course

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David Nadien, Philharmonic Concertmaster, Is Dead at 88

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Are jazz musicians more creative than classical? -

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'Lang Lang? We've never met'

His piano recitals attract billions: he won't do "cross-over"; and he's making Chopin hip. But what does the Chinese superstar Yundi think of his famous rival?



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Music Education in England: about to be decimated?

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After faltering, conductor steps down

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Edinburgh festival fringe 2014 set to be the biggest in its history

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Symphony orchestra performs for school of air kids

Members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra held a special music lessons for students living on remote stations.



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Why it's good to remember that Bach could be a tedious old windbag

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Why a Hungarian orchestra had to borrow seven violin bows from friends

there were seven bows belonging to the orchestra's string section that were seized as a result of new federal regulations banning the commercial import of elephant ivory.



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Dallas Opera gets $2.5 million corporate gift

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The underage orchestra: a definitive list

After the London Symphony Orchestra appointed a school-leaver as its co-principal trombone last week, we put out a call for the youngest-ever players in an international class orchestra.



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Ryan Wigglesworth announced as new principal guest conductor of the Hallé

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Lettice Rowbotham borrows violin worth up to £1.5million for final of BGT

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Vancouver musicians seek protection from U.S.-based union

Group faces discipline after signing a pact designed to get B.C. musicians more film work



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Scots skateboarders and opera combine in Grind

OPERA and skateboarding: hardly the most natural of bedfellows, you might think. But Bill Bankes-Jones, director of London-based opera company Tête à Tête, says that’s just the point.



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Only in NYC :: Subway Singing with the Conductor

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League of American Orchestras chief reviews symphonic scene - The Seattle Times

League of American Orchestras chief reviews symphonic sceneThe Seattle TimesJesse Rosen, the president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, discusses the health of the symphonic scene in the U.S. He'll be in Seattle, along with many of his colleagues, for the League's annual national conference, June 4-6, 2014. By ...



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