WACO SYMPHONY announces 2013-2014 season - James Ehnes, violinist September 26

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first concert September 26 with violinist James Ehnes

2013-2014 SEASON

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Thursday
September 26, 2013
7:30 p.m.

James Ehnes

VIOLIN

Grammy, Gramophone, and Juno Award winning violinist James Ehnes brings his virtuosity and probing musicianship to Waco Hall

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Saturday
November 9, 2013
7:30 p.m.

John Sharp

CELLO

Waco native John Sharp—principal cellist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1986—returns home for a special performance

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Friday
December 13, 2013
7:00 p.m.

’Tis the Season

FAMILY CONCERT

Join the Waco Symphony Orchestra for a magical evening filled with your favorite holiday music and exciting special effects. Santa & Mrs. Claus! Live reindeer! Falling snow!

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Thursday, January 16, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Bravo Broadway!

POPS

Favorite showtunes from Broadway hits past and present, featuring veteran Broadway vocalists Christiane Noll, Anne Runolfsson, and Doug LeBrecque

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Saturday, March 22, 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Red, White, and Blue

ALL ORCHESTRAL

Favorites by George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, and other American composers

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Thursday
April 10, 2014
7:30 p.m.

2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

PIANO

2013 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist performing the winning concerto as part of a special program

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Acadianna Symphony Orchestra - All that Jazz May 31, 2013

FROM the Acadiana Symphony website

Paris 1922: All That Jazz

Concert Date: 31-May-2013

The French capital during the 1920s was the most exciting musical center in the world. All kinds of musical sounds and styles entertained Parisians during that decade including jazz-influenced works by French composer D. Milhaud (Le Creation du monde) and then-revolutionary jazz compositions by C. Porter and F. Poulenc. Do not miss this special musical voyage!

 Program includes Le Creation du monde, op. 81a by Darius Milhaud; Cole Porter's Song Book; and Le Bal masque by Francis Poulenc. See the compete repertoire here:

 Paris 1922: All That Jazz Program (200 KB)7:30pm, Acadiana Center for the Arts

Guest artist, Shawn Roy

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Longview Symphony announces its 2013-2014 Season

Longview Symphony

Announcing the 2013/2014 Concert Season:

October 12, 2013

“Classic Movies and Spooky Tunes”

with Guest Conductor, Dr. James Snowden

December 19, 2013

"Christmas at Home"

with Guest Conductor, Mark Crim

March 22, 2014

special guest, Blast of Brass

June 7, 2014

"Russian Romantics"

Conductor Emeritus, Tonu Kalam

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Longview Symphony is a 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax deductible.

March 15, 2012 - May 15, 2013 - A 1 year anniversary

QUESTION

What is it about some music directors/conductors which deludes them into thinking they know more about your instrument than you do?

Arkansas Symphony presents the Mozart Requiem Thursday May 16, 2013

From the ASO website

Intimate Neighborhood Concerts

I.N.C. Mozart's Requiem

Location: First United Methodist Church (directions)
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Philip Mann, conductor
Chauncey Packer, tenor
Anna Belaya, soprano
Benjamin Bloomfield, bass
Crystal Jarrell, alto
Arkansas Chamber Singers, chorus

May 16, 2013
Thursday at 7:00 pm

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Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and singer Audra McDonald make beautiful music together Friday May 17, 2013

FROM the BRSO website

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Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Great Performers in Concert Series
Friday, May 17, 2013, 7:00pm
River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts
Audra McDonald
10 Year Anniversary Encore

A Broadway Musical Evening Starring five-time Tony Award winner and Grammy Award Winner AUDRA MCDONALD.

Section A: $85
Section B: $65
Section C: $45
Section D: $30

For Concert Sponsorship, contact Kelly Hurtado at (225) 383-0500 ext. 106

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Cirque de la Symphonie perform Saturday and Sunday May 11 and 12, 2013

From the Arkansas Symphony Website

Cirque de la Symphonie

Location: Robinson Center Music Hall (directions)
Price Range: $18 - $58 

Geoffrey Robson, conductor

May 11, 2013
Saturday at 8:00pm

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May 12, 2013
Sunday at 3:00pm

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Program

The big-top meets classical music at this crowd favorite!  This high-flying event brings the magic of cirque to the music hall. See aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen while listening to classical masterpieces and popular contemporary music. 

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Performances - - May 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 25

FROM the MSO Website

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MSO CONCERTS IN MAY

May 9 – Classical French Chamber Music in the Art Garden

7:30pm, Mississippi Museum of Art

     6:00pm cash bar and food available for purchase
     (No outside beverages. Picnics are welcome.)

     7:30pm concert
     ($10 per person at the door; no advance tickets)

Join the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) for a Celebration of French Music in The Art Garden in conjunction with the exhibition Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Atheneum. Celebrate with a program including the bubbly effervescence of French baroque dances, the misty impressionism of Debussy, and Darius Milhaud’s 1923 groundbreaking jazzy work: The Creation of the World.

May 10 – Pepsi Pops at the Rez’

7:30pm, Friday, May 10, 2013
Old Trace Park, Ridgeland
Tickets $12 in advance at MSO, Kroger, Regions and McDades ($15 at the gate; children 4-18: $5)

Sponsored by Brown Bottling, Regions, BKD and Eastgroup Properties
Media sponsors:  WLBT, Clear Channel Radio

Pack the picnic hamper, put the family in the car, and head to the Ross Barnett Reservoir for our annual sundown concert of star-spangled favorites followed with a sky full of fireworks.  Gates open at 4:30.  Advance music and kids playground until the orchestra takes the stage at 7:30.  Picnic contest!

May 11 – MSO in McComb

7:00pm, Edgewater Park, free

May 17 – MSO in Brookhaven

7:00pm, Brookhaven School of the Arts, free
Generously sponsored by Entergy Mississippi

MSO performs with the School’s choir

May 18 – MSO in Canton

7:30pm (pre-concert music from 5:30pm), free
Historic Canton Square

The MSO and John Maxwell present a salute to Armed Forces Day

May 25 – MSO in Vicksburg

7:00pm, Vicksburg Military Park, free

Narrators join the full MSO in honoring the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  Concert includes a stunning three-screen presentation by James Westwater of Westwater Arts to Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, as well as a cameo appearance by country star Trace Adkins.

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