Black Grapefruit Seeks Balance ‘Inside’ Turmoil
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In a pastoral track from the New York duo, Randa Leigh asks an essential question: “What you follow, fear or love?”
The Met Opera’s Live Streaming Series Sticks To Old Trappings
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While a valiant endeavor, the Metropolitan Opera’s new series of steaming concerts can’t seem to shake off opera’s fusty, aristocratic traditions.
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By Special Invitation: The Finest In Local Performances
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By Special Invitation presents a stunning line-up of world-class musicians who perform classical music concerts around our region. From a preserved barn in the idyllic setting of the western Catskills and a Binghamton Opera Company to a concert stage at Ithaca College, By Special Invitation invites you to witness music performance recorded specifically for WSKG Classical. These performances can be heard Saturdays at 10:00 a.m, and at your convenience by clicking on the concerts listed below.
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The Metropolitan Opera National Grand Finals Concert Features a Local Singer
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Hear Waterloo, NY native Lindsay Kate Brown sing from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Presents a Special Concert on WSKG Classical
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WSKG Classical will broadcast a concert by the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
New York Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice
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With the help of a few “wrong” notes, the principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic turned “America the Beautiful” into a solemn protest of police violence.
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A Virtual Chamber Music Series
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Augusto Diemecke and Christine Lowe-Diemecke perform on the OSFL Facebook page.
Cellist Lynn Harrell Has Died, Age 76
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The Grammy-winning American cellist had a wide-ranging career that spanned Bach to new music written by Augusta Read Thomas. His colleagues also treasured him as a generous musical collaborator.
Lee Konitz, Prolific And Influential Jazz Saxophonist, Dies At 92
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Konitz was devoted to improvisation and played on more than 100 albums over a seven-decade career, including the historic sessions that became Miles Davis’ album Birth of the Cool.
John Prine’s Songs Saw The Whole Of Us
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The music of this quintessential Nashville songwriter and lifelong independent spirit makes room for the wide range of emotions that careen through people as they stumble and dance through life.
Ellis Marsalis, Patriarch Of New Orleans’ Most Famous Musical Family, Has Died
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Jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis has died at the age of 85, according to tweets from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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An Inside Look at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
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A native of Waterloo, NY, mezzo-soprano Lindsay Kate Brown was one of nine finalists in the Grand Finals Concert, out of thousands of singers from around the world. She talks to us by phone from Houston, where she is with the Houston Grand Opera, about the process, and about a dizzying week when she sang in the Metropolitan Opera Grand Finals Concert, and won another competition just two days before.
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The Metropolitan Opera Tells Its Union Employees They Will Not Be Paid After March 31
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The U.S.’ largest performing arts organization has told its orchestral players, chorus and stagehands they will not be paid after March 31. The company has also canceled the rest of its season.
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Singing About the Passage of Time
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The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble presents ‘Passages’
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An Eternal Optimist Searches for Love
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The Binghamton University Theatre Department presents the musical ‘Sweet Charity’
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A 16th Century Chant Manuscript is Brought to Life
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The Southern Tier Singers Collective performs music from a 16th Century manuscript.
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Three Masterworks on the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Program
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra presents ‘Pivotal Pieces’, a program of major works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, and Felix Mendelssohn.
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The Youth Orchestra Sits Side-by-side With the OSFL
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents a youth-centered concert.
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Music with Mysteries Attached
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Clarinetist Timothy Perry joins us to talk about ‘Notes from the Margins’
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King Arthur’s Quest Brings Him to Owego
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The Ti-Ahwaga Community Players present ‘Spamalot’
Plácido Domingo Backpedals On Public Apology; Meanwhile, Union Seeks Leakers
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“I never behaved aggressively” towards women, the opera star says, while the performers’ union that investigated his alleged behavior attempts to ferret out who provided information to the press.
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A Busy Conductor Makes a Stop in Binghamton
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Evan Meccarello
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A Smorgasbord of Dance at the Hangar Theatre
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The Ithaca Ballet presents ‘Winter Dance 2020 in the Hangar Theatre.
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An Opera Singer’s Career Goes in an Unexpected Direction
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Carla Del Villaggio is bringing her ‘Simply Streisand’ program to the Broome County Forum
New York Philharmonic’s 2020 Program Celebrates Suffragists
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The New York Philharmonic has commissioned 19 women to create new works to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. It’s called Project 19.
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New York Metropolitan Opera Extends 2020-21 Broadcast Season, Takes February Off
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During the month of February, the MET will present a special series of iconic broadcasts from our archives — chosen by our radio audience.
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Heroic Music from the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra continues its journey through Ludwig van Beethoven’s symphonies
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Songs About Making Decisions
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‘Songs for a New World’ is more than a revue, and certainly not a musical play, but each song is a story in itself.
During A Stop In New York, A Prominent Malian Musician Alleges TSA Destroyed His Instrument
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One of West Africa’s best-known musicians, Ballaké Sissoko, says that his kora was dismantled by TSA agents while he was traveling from New York to Paris. The agency denies it was involved.
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Four Binghamton Arts Groups Collaborate
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‘Arts Adventure’ is a collaborative effort by the Roberson Museum and Science Center, the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, Tri-Cities Opera, and the Goodwill Theatre
Remembering Peter Serkin, The Searching Pianist
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A thoughtful musician from a distinguished family, Serkin interpreted the classics and expanded the repertoire by commissioning new works.
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The Musical Version of a Beloved Children’s Book
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SRO Productions presents ‘Matilda: the Musical’ at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage
Underground Railroad: A Conductor And Passengers Documented In Music
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When it comes to the Underground Railroad, everyone knows Harriet Tubman. But a new oratorio sheds light on a different, key figure named William Still.
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An Art-themed Cabaret Performance
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The Cherry Arts presents ‘Apple:Tree’, a ‘rolling cabaret.’
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Young String Players Perform Two Concerts
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The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble presents their Winter Concert
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An Early Work by Handel, and an Award-winning Work by Rheinberger in Ithaca
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The Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers perform ‘Dixit Dominus’ by the young George Frederick Handel and Josef Rheinberger’s ‘Mass in E-flat’.
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Songs Inspired by Photographs
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Spare Productions presents ’35mm: A Musical Exhibition.’ Cast members Lydia Griffin and Mike Ferguson join us to talk about this usual musical where the songs by Ryan Scott Oliver are inspired by photographs by Matthew Murphy, often with surprising results.
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The Brass of the OSFL Unite for a Concert
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents a chamber concert at the Rockwell Museum
In Memoriam 2019: The Musicians We Lost
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NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.
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A Viennese Tradition Comes to Binghamton
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The WFM Festival Orchestra is a new ensemble, formed especially to celebrate New Year’s Day.
Broadway Legend Jerry Herman Is Dead At 88
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The Broadway songwriter died in Miami of pulmonary complications, according to his publicist.
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An Annual Event for New Year’s Eve
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Pianist John Covelli presents his annual New Year’s Eve concert at St. Patrick’s Church in Binghamton.
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Thirty-seven years of ‘Messiah’
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For thirty-seven years the Downtown Singers have been presenting George Frederic Handel’s ‘Messiah’.
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Baroque Music for Christmas
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NYS Baroque performs ‘Baroque Noel’ directed by noted lutenist Paul Odette.
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ICO Plays ‘Classic Meets Jazz’
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The Ithaca Community Orchestra presents its fall concert, ‘Classic Meets Jazz’
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A Mark Twain Holiday Concert
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents its Holiday Concert
Opera Star Vittorio Grigolo Fired By Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera
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His simultaneous dismissal from two of the world’s leading opera houses comes after an investigation into allegations of misconduct during a Royal Opera performance in Tokyo.
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‘Hansel and Gretel’ Return to the Anderson Center
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The Opera Workshop of the Binghamton University Music Department presents Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’
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An Enigmatic Pharaoh is the Subject of a Visually Stunning Opera
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The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season opens with Philip Glass’ ‘Akhnaten.’
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The Madrigal Choir Goes on a Road Trip
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton gives two performances of Lessons and Carols for Christmas.
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The Roberson Mansion’s Annual Holiday Celebration
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The Roberson Museum and Science Center, annual ‘Home for the Holidays’ is now on display.
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Pianist Shai Wosner Performs in Ithaca with the CCO
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Pianist Shai Wosner is soloist in this weekend’s concert by the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.
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Joy and Inspiration in Song
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VOICES Multicultural Chorus presents their Fall Concert ‘We Can Be Kind: Joy and Inspiration in Song’ https://acithaca.org/groups/voices/on Sunday, December 7 at 4pm in Ithaca’s First Baptist Church. Artistic Director Lorrene Adams joins us to talk about finding uplifting music to inspire the audience, and the inspiration she finds in leading the ensemble.
Photo credit: Affiliated Choruses of Ithaca
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New Plays Inspired by Works of Art
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Binghamton’s Know Theatre presents its 16th Annual Playwrights and Artists Festival.
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Beethoven Turning 250! Recitals On WSKG Classical Kick Off Year Long Celebration
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To celebrate Ludwig Von Beethoven’s upcoming semiquincentennial, WSKG Classical broadcasts three chamber music recitals on Saturday mornings this December.
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra Features the STMTA Youth Competition Winner
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra welcomes cello soloist Joshua Jang for its Fall Concert.
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A World-traveling Ensemble Performs New Music at Binghamton University
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The Binghamton University Music Department welcomes The Fifth House Ensemble
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Music for Brass Ensemble at the Smith Opera House
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The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass performs in the Smith Opera House
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The Third Music Director Candidate Leads the Catskill Symphony Orchestra
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The Catskill Symphony Orchestra welcomes Maciej Zoltowski, the third Music Director candidate.
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A Wide-ranging Vocal Recital in Stamford
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The Stamford Friends of Music welcome baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco
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Music of Beethoven at the Phelps Mansion Museum
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The Beethoven Project continues with a concert at the Phelps Mansion Museum.
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The Sounds of Dublin at Binghamton University
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The Binghamton University Theatre Department presents the Ahrens and Flaherty musical ‘A Man of No Importance’.
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The Resident String Quartet from the Curtis Institute Performs in Corning
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The Corning Civic Music Association welcomes the Vera Quartet.
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A Jazz-infused Concert by the BPO
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The next Binghamton Philharmonic concert features music with a jazz inflection.
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Music for Veteran’s Day
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Tri-Cities Opera presents ‘We Shall Find Peace: A Tribute to the Armed Forces’ to commemorate Veteran’s Day.
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Oneonta Residents Perform for the Oneonta Concert Association
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The Oneonta Concert Association welcomes two Oneonta resident to their music series. We hear from flutist Ana Laura Gonzalez about the concert which blends classical repertoire with music from Latin American and from the Philippines, the birthplace of her collaborative pianist Fideliz Campbell.
Photo credit: Oneonta Concert Association
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A Trilogy of Musicals Blended into One
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SRO Productions presents William Finn and James Lapine’s musical ‘Falsettos’.
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Eastman Philharmonia Cancels China Tour Over Ban Of South Korean Members
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China refuses to grant South Korean musicians and artists work visas as part of a policy barring South Korean businesses from the country. The policy was put in place as retaliation for a missile system the U.S. deployed in South Korea in 2016.
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Music for All Souls’ Day
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The Southern Tier Singers Collective presents a concert for All Souls’ Day.
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Chamber Music by Beethoven at the Phelps Mansion Museum
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As part of the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Beethoven Project, Theatre Street Productions presents ‘Beethoven at the Phelps Mansion.’
Conductor and Composer Raymond Leppard – A Champion Of The Old And The New – Has Died
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The British conductor, harpsichordist and scholar helped reignite interest in works by composers like Monteverdi — but he also championed new works and wrote notable film scores of his own.
A Concert Commemorating Women’s Suffrage
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton honors the centennial of women’s suffrage with a concert of music by women composers.
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Concert Repertoire for the Pipe Organ
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The Binghamton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists welcomes organist Bryan Dunnewald.
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An Opera Favorite Full of Emotion and Suspense
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Tri-Cities Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Tosca’
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New Works and Old Favorites in Stamford
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The Friends of Music of Stamford, New York welcome violinist Rachel Lee Priday and pianist Marija Stroke.
New York Opera Singer Jessye Norman Dies At 74
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Norman was one of the leading African American opera figures in a time when there were fewer than now. The soprano won four Grammys and the National Medal of Arts.
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A Heart-Warming Tale From Southern Appalachia
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Ti-Ahwaga Community Theatre presents Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s musical ‘Bright Star’.
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Beginning a Year-long Celebration of Beethoven’s Music
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The Binghamton Philharmonic opens its season with two symphonies by Beethoven.
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‘Music and Art’ at the Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes pairs music with art in a concert on September 28.
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British Guitarist Laura Snowden performs in Oneonta
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The Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York presents its 19th Annual Fall Festival.
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From Punk Rock to Puccini
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Opera Ithaca presents Giacomo Puccini’s opera ‘La Boheme’.
The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen And The Wide Divide
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A Springsteen concert “created a civic space in which two antithetical sentiments could coexist and communicate with each other,” writes A.O. Scott. The Boss turns 70 years old today.
Met Opera Chief: 20 Women’s Accusations Against Plácido Domingo ‘Not Corroborated’
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In a closed-door meeting with the company’s chorus and orchestra, General Manager Peter Gelb argued that the Met has no reason to investigate the famed opera singer or to cancel his performances.
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Roald Dahl’s Novel in the Form of a Musical
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Afton Community Theatre is presenting ‘Matilda: the Musical.’
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Singing of Wide-Open Spaces
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Marc Berger and Ride, with Mike Ricciardi perform as part of the Singer/Songwriter series at Atomic Tom’s in Binghamton.
Ric Ocasek, Frontman Of The Cars, Has Died
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The lead singer of The Cars — the offbeat Boston rock band that became a mainstay of radio in the 1980s — died Sunday afternoon in New York.
‘Drag ‘Em’: How Movement Shaped The Music Of Mary Lou Williams
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Before settling in Harlem, Mary Lou Williams traveled the country playing with big bands. The road shaped her sound, and her theory of black music as “the greatest and only true art in the world.”
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Stamford Hosts a Chamber Orchestra
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The Friends of Music of Stamford welcome Pegasus: the Orchestra for ‘Americana’.
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A Timeless Musical Comes to KNOW Theatre
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Know Theatre presents the 1965 musical ‘Man of La Mancha’.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra And Musicians Continue To Clash As New Season Approaches
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After nearly a year, the 103-year-old orchestra’s musicians and management are still at odds over a new contract. Its new season is scheduled to begin on Saturday.
Drinking Songs from Opera and Musical Theatre
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Tri-Cities Opera presents its annual celebration of song, Opera and Beer
Report: 11 More Women Accuse Plácido Domingo Of Sexual Misconduct
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Since August, 20 women have made allegations against the highly influential opera star via reports published by The Associated Press. A spokesperson for Domingo disputed the report.
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Music for Flute in Many Combinations
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Flutist Jeanne Sperber presents ‘Woods and Winds’ at Casadesus Recital Hall.
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The Lights are Shining in Downtown Binghamton
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The LUMA Projection Arts Festival returns to Binghamton this weekend.
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The Catskill Symphony Orchestra Season Begins
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The Catskill Symphony Orchestra opens its season with the first of it Music Director candidates, Silas Huff.
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The Last Days of an Iconic Singer
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The Cider Mill Stage is host to the play-with-music ‘End of the Rainbow’ by Peter Quilter.
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Irish Music for Harp and Guitar in Oneonta and Cooperstown
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Irish harpist Máire Ní Chathasaigh and guitarist Chris Newman perform in Oneonta on September 4 and in Hyde Hall north of Cooperstown on September 7.
Julian Fleisher and Friends Perform at Franklin Stage
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Jazz singer Julian Fleisher is presenting three performances at Franklin Stage
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A Singer from a Musical Family Showcases Her Individual Voice
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Atomic Tom’s singer/songwriter series welcomes Jen Chapin
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Music of Astor Piazzolla and Amy Beach at Stamford Friends of Music
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The Neave Trio presents an encore performance for the Stamford Friends of Music
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One Violinist Performs a Wide Range of Music
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival welcomes violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
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The Journey of a Historical Figure as a One-Man Show
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Franklin Stage Company presents the play with music ‘Billy Bishop Goes to War’.
Woodstock At 50: The Unheard Recordings
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In this defining interview, Andy Zax, producer of a massive new Woodstock box set, shares previously unheard recordings from the festival and the remarkable stories behind them.
These Tiny Desk Contest Entrants Bring Mini-Symphonies To The NYC Subway
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NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Adrian Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd and Regina Strayhorn, members of the band Bandits on the Run and stand-out entrants in this year’s Tiny Desk Contest.
Former New York Prosecutor Uses Opera To Open Eyes About Wrongful Conviction Rates
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Based on former New York prosecutor Mark Godsey’s book of the same title, the new opera draws on detailed interviews with exonerees to put America’s criminal justice system on trial.
Glimmerglass Opera ‘Blue’ Takes On The Tragedy Of Police Brutality
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The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son’s sudden death by police violence.
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Gilbert and Sullivan Mix Comedy with Tragedy
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The Summer Savoyards present Gilbert and Sullivan’s tragi-comic masterpiece, ‘The Yeomen of the Guard.’
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Music at Fishs Eddy Announces Three Concerts this Summer
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Opening with a concert by a gamelan ensemble, Music at Fishs Eddy continues with music for guitar and harpsichord. Artistic Director Joyce Lindorff talks about the history of the festival, and about its venue, the Old Pioneer Church.
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‘Rigoletto’ In Vegas And The Pleasures Of New York’s Metropolitan Opera
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A recent Pop Culture Happy Hour trip to New York took the team to see Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera. A jester in a rat pack? We saw it.
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A Classic Musical and a Send-up of Film Noir
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Spare Productions presents two shows this summer in two very different venues
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Music, Dance, and Shakespeare in the Garden
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The Cornell Cooperative Extension presents its second year of ‘Much Ado in the Garden’.
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A Multi-instrument Quartet Performs at Atomic Tom’s
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Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and his quartet performs on Wednesday at Atomic Tom’s in Binghamton.
‘Stonewall’ Opera Marks Uprising’s 50th Anniversary
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New York City Opera has commissioned Stonewall, a new opera premiering one week before the 50th anniversary of the riots that sparked the modern gay-rights movement.
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Pavarotti Documentary Misses All The Right Notes
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Ron Howard’s new Pavarotti film fails to make us feel much for its subject, and does little to bolster the magical, complicated art called opera.
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Music for Flute and Marimba
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival welcomes marimbist Ian Rosenbaum in a duet recital with flutist and artistic director Linda Chesis.
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A Concert of Hope and Peace
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The Downtown Singers of Binghamton present ‘A Concert of Hope and Peace’ featuring music by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir Edward Elgar, and Sir Michael Tippett.
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Young Musicians Present a Free Concert
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The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble and Preparatory Orchestra present their Spring Concert on Sunday, June 2
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The Madrigal Choir Celebrates the Music of Moses Hogan
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton presents ‘A Moses Hogan Celebration’ in Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, featuring countertenor Derek Lee Ragin.
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‘Conversations’ With an Oboe
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival is presenting Conversations: Music for Oboe, Flute and Strings on Saturday, May 18 in Cooperstown’s Christ Episcopal Church.
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Geneva Music Festival Highlights Women in Music
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The Geneva Music Festival opens on May 24 and goes through June 16th in various venues in and around Geneva.
Music for Dancing Without the Dancers
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents ‘A Night at the Ballet’
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A Familiar Choral Work is Paired with One that is Rarely Performed
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The Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers join with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra for a concert
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A Mother’s Day Concert with an Appropriate Theme
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes performs ‘A Tribute to Mothers’ in the Clemens Center in Elmira.
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Tri-Cities Opera Celebrates Two Stephens: Schwartz and Sondheim
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Tri-Cities Opera presents this year’s ‘Bravo Broadway’ with ‘Even Stephens’.
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A Musical Voyage of Discovery Down the Danube
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra presents ‘Danubian Delights’.
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Chamber Music in the Kilmer Mansion
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Ensemble Concord presents a matinee concert in the Kilmer Mansion of Temple Concord.
Pete Seeger’s Legacy Gets Immortalized With ‘Smithsonian Folkways’ Collection
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Smithsonian Folkways archivist and Pete Seeger expert Jeff Place talks about Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, due out on what would have been Seeger’s 100th birthday.
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A Musical Look at Ithaca’s Cultural History
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The VOICES Multicultural Chorus present ‘Exploring Ithaca’s Heritage Through Song’.
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An Episode from Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ Supplies the Plot for a Handel Opera
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NYS Baroque presents George Frideric Handel’s pastoral opera ‘Acis and Galatea’.
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A Famous Ship Docks at the Forum
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Tri-Cities Opera is presenting the Gilbert and Sullivan favorite ‘HMS Pinafore.’
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Brahms ‘A German Requiem’ at Cornell
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra is joined by the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus for a performance of Johannes Brahms’ ‘A German Requiem’.
Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’
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The young composer’s opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault.
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The Madrigal Choir and Trinity Choir Perform a Rarely-heard Work
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton and the choir of Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church join forces to perform J.S. Bach “Passion According to St. John.”
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The Cantata Singers Re-visit a Favorite Work
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The Cantata Singers present ‘The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass’ in Watkins Glen.
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The Rockwell Museum Welcomes a Gathering of Trombones
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents the Elmira Trombone Choir in a special performance at the Rockwell Museum.
American Icons: How New York First Killed And Then Resurrected ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
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This epic flop became the longest-running theatrical release in U.S. movie history.
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A Beloved Shakespeare Comedy Presented in Dance
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Ithaca Ballet presents a ballet version of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with music by Felix Mendelssohn.
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Baroque Opera at Binghamton University
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Binghamton University’s Opera Ensemble is presenting Henry Purcell’s opera ‘Dido and Aeneas’.
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Gods, Giants, and Dwarves Fight an Epic Operatic Battle
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle in One Night.’
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The OSFL Musicians Play Side-by-Side with the Youth Orchestra
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes welcomes the Youth Orchestra, as well as Concerto Competition winner Sophia Werner for ‘Pictures of St. Patrick’.
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John Covelli Visits the Phelps for a Recital
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The Phelps Mansion Museum welcomes John Covelli to its Ballroom for a recital.
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Collaborations Highlight the CCO Concert
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra performs this weekend in Ford Hall on the Ithaca College campus.
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Energetic Music from an Unusual Combination of Instruments
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For its next concert, the Oneonta Concert Association presents Project Trio.
André Previn, Musical Polymath, Dies In Manhattan At Age 89
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André Previn died Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and music director of major orchestras.
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Lost Masterpieces Come to Light
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‘Gems Rediscovered’ is a concert of works for orchestra that were lost for a time. Binghamton University Orchestra conductor and music director Timothy Perry joins us to talk about the re-discovery and performance of music by Franz Schubert and Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, and tells the remarkable story of composer Florence Price.
Photo credit: Binghamton University Music Department
What One New York Orchestra’s Doing To Increase Diversity
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African-Americans currently make up less than two percent of larger orchestra members in the United States. This lack of representation is a struggle for many groups, including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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The New York Metropolitan Opera Unveils 2019-20 Season.
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Performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera are heard Saturday afternoons, during its season, on WSKG Classical.
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Family Dynamics in Three Decades
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Tri-Cities Opera presents Jake Heggie’s 90-minute opera ‘Three Decembers’
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The Madrigal Choir Goes Back to its Roots
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton sings about ‘Love, Longing, and Lechery’.
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A Retrospective of Classical Pianists of the Future
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WSKG’s Andrew Pioch and Al Williams of Classical Pianists of the Future join us to talk about the two-part retrospective of six years of Expressions programs hosted by Ithaca College piano student Alexei Aceto, who also play some new pieces.
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra Goes on a Musical Tour
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra presents a concert featuring ‘Distant Destinations’.
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An International Menu of Baroque Music
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nghamton Baroque Orchestra presents ‘Back to Baroque’
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A New Choral Group Performs at St. Patrick’s Church in Binghamton
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The Southern Tier Singers’ Collective perform ‘O Vos Omnes: Music of Repentence and Redemption’.
The Power Of Gospel Gets Explored In Documentary Series On WSKG
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Behind musical legends like Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles is one timeless genre that spans across lifetimes: gospel music.
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Mark Twain and his Favorite Music
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Mark Twain really had a music box, but what music it played is a mystery. ‘
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Music in the Binghamton University Art Museum
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The Binghamton University Art Museum welcomes the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective for a program of madrigals.
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A Locally-formed Band Comes for a Visit
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The founding members of the roots music band, Donna the Buffalo, Tara Nevins and Jeb Puryear, stopped by to talk about their new album ‘Dance in the Street’, the craft of songwriting, and touring. They perform Friday, January 25 at 10pm in Ransom Steele Tavern in Apalachin.
Photo credit: Donna the Buffalo
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The New York Record Company That Invented Salsa
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As Latin music was fading from popular culture, a blend of Caribbean rhythms going by the name salsa got a new generation dancing.
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A Family Mystery Resolved in a Musical Party
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SRO Productions presents the ABBA musical ‘Mamma Mia’ at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage. Stage and Music Director Scott Fisher and Assistant Director and member of the ensemble Andrew Simek join us to talk about producing this lavish and fun-filled musical in an intimate space.
Photo credit: SRO Productions
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Florist: Tiny Desk Concert
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Emily Sprague performs three quiet, delicate songs in the NPR Music offices with help from members of New York’s Epoch collective.
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds: Tiny Desk Concert
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The New York band’s punchy horn section, bluesy vocals and uniquely transformative harmonica solos instantly demand attention.
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Elmira’s Cantata Singers Go on the Road for a Birthday Celebration
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The Cantata Singers of Elmira have been invited to be among an international array of choral group performing ‘The Music of Karl Jenkins: 75th Birthday Celebration’ in Carnegie Hall.
Maggie Rogers Reintroduces Herself
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In 2016, Maggie Rogers was attending class at New York University when super producer Pharrell sat in on a master class to critique the students’ work. Pharrell was blown away by Rogers’ song “Alaska.”
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Two Requiems by French Composers
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The Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers perform Requiems by Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle. Conductor Gerald Wolfe joins us to talk about the similarities and differences between this two works, written 50 years apart.
Photo credit: Affiliated Choruses of Ithaca
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Young String Players Present Their Winter Concert
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The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble presents their Winter Concert in two performances. Conductor Uli Speth joins us to talk about the program and about the history of the ensemble, as well as an upcoming workshop for the group.
Photo credit: Little Delaware Youth Ensemble
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Arts Roundup – Nick Parisi visits the Twilight Zone; Anna Coogan in Ithaca, and We Shall Overcome in Elmira
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Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got some ideas!
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A Trip through the History of Broadway Musicals
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Tenor Tony Villecco and pianist Barbara Garges present ‘Sing: 10; Dance: 3’ in the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center.
Beautiful Music to Welcome a New Year
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Pianist John Covelli presents his annual tradition of a New Year’s Eve concert. He joins us to talk about this year’s concert, ‘Memories.”
Photo credit: codemac via Flickr
‘Hip-Hop Deserves That Respect’: Honoring The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan In New York
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The New York City Council voted last week to honor hip-hop greats the Notorious B.I.G. and Wu-Tang Clan with streets named after them. LeRoy McCarthy, who led the effort, says it’s long overdue.
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A Binghamton Tradition Continues
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The Binghamton Downtown Singers present their annual performance of George Frederic Handel’s ‘Messiah’.
Cleveland Orchestra Fires 2 Leading Musicians After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
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The Cleveland Orchestra announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has fired concertmaster William Preucil and principal trombonist Massimo La Rosa for multiple alleged incidents of sexual misconduct.
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Grant Cooper leads ‘Holidays with Handel’
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The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Cayuga Vocal Ensemble join forces to present highlights from Handel’s ‘Messiah.’
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Arts Roundup – A Christmas Carol x 2, A Christmas Story, And More!
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Looking for something to do this weekend! We’ve got you covered!
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‘Big Bands and Ballads’ in Ithaca
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The VOICES Multicultural Chorus presents ‘Big Bands and Ballads: Swing Through the Season’ on December 8.
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A Delaware County Cellist Brings His Ensemble from Montreal for a Visit
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The Stamford Friends of Music welcome the Iceberg String Quartet for a concert of Beethoven, Webern, and Debussy.
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From Haydn to Beethoven
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The Ithaca Community Orchestra presents a concert comparing Ludwig van Beethoven’s music with that of his composition teacher, Franz Joseph Haydn.
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Many Kinds of Music and Dance Combine to Tell a Familiar Story
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Binghamton University’s Theatre Department performs a ‘Jazz Nutcracker’.
First Watch: LVL UP, ‘The Closing Door’
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The New York band’s new video for “The Closing Door” tells a sunny coming-of-age story.
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Three Masterworks of Theme and Variations
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The Binghamton University Orchestra presents ‘Very Varied Variations’, a concert of music by Brahms, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky.
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Atomic Tom’s Welcomes Zarni Devette
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Johnson City High School graduate, singer/songwriter Zarni Devette performs this weekend at Atomic Tom’s on State Street in Binghamton.
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Old and New Music Mix to Welcome the Holiday Season
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton presents their annual concert of Lessons and Carols for Christmas.
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A Song Recital and a Short Opera in One Afternoon
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The Stamford Friends of Music welcome soprano Amber Evans and pianist Thomas Muraco.
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Arts Roundup: Video Games Live with the Binghamton Philharmonic, plus Richard Thompson, The Golden Age of Radio and More!
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Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered!
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‘Titanic’ Sails On
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SRO Productions III presents Maury Yeston’s ‘Titanic: the Musical’ in the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage.
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A Sampler of Baroque Opera
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The Binghamton Baroque Orchestra presents ‘Baroque Overtures and Arias’.
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Hear Here! | Chocolate Music
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In this bonus episode of ‘Hear Here!’ listen as WSKG’s Sam Goodyear talks about how music can be used to intrigue and build anticipation in an original piece he calls ‘Chocolate Music’.
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Music for Autumn
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The Binghamton University Orchestra presents ‘All About Autumn”, with STMTA Youth Soloist Sophia Klin
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Music for Veteran’s Day
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The Binghamton University Wind Symphony, led by Dan Fabricius, presents a Veteran’s Day concert.
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A Virtuoso on an Instrument You May Never Have Seen Before
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Harp-guitarist Muriel Anderson performs a multi-media concert at the Keystone Theatre in Towanda.
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Hear Here! | Let’s Listen Together
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This episode is all about sharing and listening. Moms, Dads and their kids share music they like. They talk about why they like it, and how it makes them feel. We also meet therapeutic harpist Jayne Demakos who plays for people living in a nursing home.
This episode was produced by Dan Davis. Sarah Gager is the Executive Producer.
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A Family of String Players Performs in Cooperstown
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents the Ying Quartet.
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Part Poetry, Part Lamentation, Part Concert
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Author, teacher, storyteller and spiritual activist, Stephen Jenkinsen is joining with
Canadian musician and songwriter, Gregory Hoskins and his band for a 35-city North
American Tour of ‘Nights of Grief and Mystery’. The Ithaca presentation will be on Thursday, November 1st 7pm-9:30pm at the Hangar Theatre. Juan Lube, one of the people coordinating the even joins us by phone.
Photo credit: Orphan Wisdom
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Vocal Music at the Kilmer Mansion
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Music in the Kilmer Mansion presents singers Thomas Goodheart and Jean Goodheart, flutist Jeanne Sperber, and pianist Pej Reitz. The Goodhearts join us to talk about this varied program, which includes music of Copland, Saint-Saens, Liszt, Mozart, Chaminade, Romberg, and Rossini.
Photo credit: Jonathan Cohen
Sonny Fortune, Stalwart Saxophonist Of New York, Dies At 79
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After a move to New York in the late ’60s, the clear-toned Fortune became a versatile fixture on the broad landscape of modern jazz.
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An Evening of Low Voices
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The Binghamton University Music Department presents a recital by baritone Thomas Goodheart and bass-baritone Kenneth Shaw.
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Hear Here! | Biddle De Bop
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How is voice used in jazz? We’ll learn about improvisations, other vocal techniques, and listen to some big band singing. We will also hear from Catherine Gale, an Ithaca, NY based jazz singer and teacher. Biddle De Bop was produced by Celia Clarke and edited by Gabe Altieri. Additional editing support comes from Monica Sandreczki.
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A Well-known Duo Returns to Corning
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The Corning-Painted Post Civic Music Association presents cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han
A Classical Guitar Festival at SUNY-Oneonta
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The Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York presents its Fall Festival this weekend
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Celebrating 100 Years of a Musical Work and Premiering a New One
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents the next concert of its Musicians’ Choice Series, as a septet organized by violinist Avner Finberg performs Stravinsky’s ‘Soldier’s Tale’. He tells us about that work, as well as about the premiere of his composition ‘The Miracle of Hanukkah’ coming up on December 9.
Photo credit: Grasya Orbon
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Music by Palestrina, Soriano, and Victoria from a New Choral Group
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The Southern Tier Singers’ Collective is a new ensemble comprised of choral musicians from across the region. They present their premiere concert with music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Francesco Soriano, and Tomas Luis de Victoria. Conductor William Culverhouse joins us to talk about the program and the ensemble.
Photo credit: Binghamton University Music Department
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Choral Music Makes Great Words Come Alive
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The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton presents ‘Words and Music’ at United Presbyterian Church on Chenango Street in downtown Binghamton.
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Hear Here! | A One-Woman Show?
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During a tech rehearsal of the theatre piece “Bitter Banquet” we will hear from Ithaca-based composer/performer Annie Lewandowski who is at home with both classical music and rock. We will learn about the journey from composition to performance, and how many people it takes to present a “one-woman” show. A One-Woman Show? was produced by Bill Snyder and edited by Monica Sandreczki. Additional support comes from Nancy Coddington.
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‘Great Cities’ in Music at Binghamton University
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The Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra will open its final season under the long-time direction of Professor Timothy Perry with “Great Music for Great Cities” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 in Osterhout Concert Theater at Binghamton University. The program celebrates in sound the life of four of the world’s greatest cities, New York, Paris, London and Rome, with music by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Edward Elgar and Ottorino Respighi. Dr. Perry joins us to talk about the program and about the orchestra, which is mainly made up of non-music majors.
Photo credit: Binghamton University Music Department
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Hear Here! | LOL
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Some people think that classical music is lifeless and boring. They might be in for some surprises during this episode of Hear Here! Classical music can be amusing, funny, or just plain wacky, like the soundtrack of a crazy cartoon. We will discover how music can actually make us laugh. LOL was produced by Sam Goodyear and edited by Gabe Altieri.
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Cultures Collide in Puccini’s Timeless Opera
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Sam Goodyear speaks with soprano Kasia Borowiec and tenor Jordan Schreiner from Tri-Cities Opera’s production of ‘Madama Butterfly’
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Jazz at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage
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Binghamton area native Sherrie Maricle brings her band 5 Play to the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage for two performances
A Story Told Forwards and Backwards
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Clocktower Theatre presents Jason Robert Brown’s ‘The Last Five Years’ in the Cider Mill Stage.
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Hear Here! | Can’t Never Did Nothing
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Come along as singer-songwriter Joe Crookston explores the world of music, sound and songwriting! What kind of sound do various instruments make? How do stories and sounds then turn into songs? Let’s find out together! Can’t Never Did Nothing was produced by Crystal Sarakas and edited by Gabe Altieri.
Bach-Tober: Tiptoeing Through The ‘Goldberg Variations’
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Watch Caleb Teicher tap his way through Bach’s Goldberg Variations with pianist Conrad Tao at the Steinway factory in New York.
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‘Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz’ Ends 45 Year Run
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Five years after the death of its host and namesake, Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland is ending distribution to the nation’s public radio stations. The announcement was made in letter sent to public radio station managers by longtime producer Shari Hutchinson.
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They’re Taking It Off in Owego!
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The Ti-Ahwaga Community Players present the Terence McNally/David Yazbek musical ‘The Full Monty’. Director James Osborne joins us to talk about this Americanized musical version of the British film about how a group of unemployed steel workers get back their self-esteem and reconnect with their families with an unusual solution.
Photo credit: Stephanie Jump
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Stories in Sound with the Binghamton Philharmonic
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The Binghamton Philharmonic presents music of Bedrich Smetana, Christopher Theofanidis, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Ex-Sawdust Factory Transformed Into A NYC Musical Venue
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The nonprofit located in Brooklyn functions as performance space, record label and artist incubator. Despite its small size, it has a foundation with a $450,000 fund to develop new work.
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An International Jazz Pianist and Vocalist Returns to Binghamton to Perform
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Jazz pianist and vocalist Dena DeRose returns to Binghamton for a concert at Atomic Tom’s
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Songs of Schubert Tell a Winter’s Tale
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The Binghamton University Music Department presents pianist Joel Harder and baritone Tobias Greenhalgh in a performance of Franz Schubert’s song cycle ‘Die Winterreise’ — ‘The Winter Journey’.
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes Opens the Season with Mozart
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The Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes presents an all-Mozart concert to open its season.
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The Binghamton University Music Department and Art Museum Collaborate
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Jazz, poetry, and photography paint a ‘Portrait of New York’
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After A Half Century Of Making Music, The Rochester Chamber Orchestra Dissolves Its Operation
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – The Rochester Chamber Orchestra recently filed its papers to dissolve the organization.
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A New Season for a New Orchestra
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The Binghamton Baroque Orchestra begins its second season with a program of music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Gluck, and J.S. Bach. Conductor and recorder player Jeff Wahl joins us to talk about the program, the soloists, and why trumpet concertos are so short.
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Three Chamber Music Concerts in Ithaca and Trumansburg
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Canadian-American cellist Britton Riley joins us to talk about Chamber Music at New Park, which includes two concerts at the New Park Retreat Center and one at the Trumansburg Conservatory.
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A Two-character Musical About First Love
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Director Bevin O’Gara joins us to talk about the story and the actors in ‘Girlfriend’, a story about first love between two teenagers who don’t have the words to express their feelings, so they use mix-tapes.
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‘Music From the Future’ During LUMA
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One of the many events that make up the LUMA Festival in downtown Binghamton is a performance of ‘Music from the Future’ by theramin player Eric Ross.
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Opera Ithaca Performs at the Cherry Artspace
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Opera Ithaca presents Ambroise Thomas’ opera version of Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Hamlet’ at the Cherry Artspace. We hear from conductor Keith Chambers about this very French version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, which is no less powerful than the original. And the conductor gets into the action too in this innovative production.
Photo credit: Opera Ithaca
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The 26th Anniversary of SummerMusic
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The Magic Mountain Music Farm presents the 26th Anniversary of chamber music concerts in the First Presbyterian Church of Gilbertsville, NY. Violist Noralee Walker and clarinetist Dan Ferreira talk about their performances and what brings them back to Morris, NY every year to study with Burton Kaplan.
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New York’s Renée Fleming To Sing At Senator John McCain’s Funeral
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – More details are emerging about upcoming funeral services for the late U.S. Senator John McCain.
The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent
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Born 100 years ago on Aug. 25, 1918, Bernstein was a larger-than-life character — on stage as a conductor, at the piano as a composer, on TV as an educator and in a sometimes tangled personal life.
Opera Singer David Daniels Accused Of Rape
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The celebrated artist and his husband, Scott Walters, are accused of drugging and raping a young singer in Houston, Texas, in May 2010.
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Peace Amidst War In Opera At Glimmerglass Festival
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Cooperstown, New York means one thing to baseball fans – the Hall of Fame, And another thing to opera fans – The Glimmerglass Festival, held every summer.
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Washed Out: Water Woes Scuttle Phish’s 3-Day Music Festival
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“A total bummer”: Phish can’t play at the Watkins Glen Curveball music festival due to dirty water from Tuesday’s torrential rains.
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Stamford Friends of Music Welcome the Neave Trio
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The Stamford Friends of Music present the Neave Trio playing music by Haydn, Schumann, Shostakovich, and Debussy.
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Music for Duo-pianists at the Otesaga
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The Cooperstown Music Festival presents pianists Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee in a program of music for solo piano, and for piano four-hands.
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‘The Pirates of Penzance’ Attack the Anderson Center with Cat-like Tread
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The Summer Savoyards present Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’. Music Director Sherri Strichman joins WSKG’s Sam Goodyear to talk about this fast-paced comedy.
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Chapel Hall in Franklin Will Be Home to Jazz this Weekend
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The Franklin Stage Company welcomes jazz singer, actor, and bandleader Julian Fleisher and his Rather Big Band for two shows.
Geneva Light Opera Presents a Classic Comedy
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Geneva Light Opera presents Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ which pairs virtuoso singing with uproarious comedy.
Is Battle Fatigue Over? The New York Met Rehires A Banned Soprano
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After 22 years away from the Metropolitan Opera, acclaimed soprano Kathleen Battle will return for a November concert of spirituals.
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Endicott Hosts Broome County’s Ethnic Festival
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The Broome County Ethnic Festival has moved from the Veteran’s Memorial Arena to Northside Park in in Endicott’s Little Italy.
Can’t Catch Bruce Springsteen Live On Broadway? Watch Him On Netflix
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The Boss’ Tony-winning, autobiographical, one-man stage show is coming to the streaming platform in December.
The Stray Birds On Mountain Stage
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Listen to an intimate concert from one of our favorite folk bands.
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Pairing Shakespeare and Gardening
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Master Gardener Eve Berman joins us to talk about ‘Much Ado in the Garden’, a Shakespeare-themed event taking place in the Cutler Botanic Garden at the Cornell Cooperative Extension grounds on Front Street in Binghamton. There will be music, food, readings, and costumed characters.
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‘Big Fish’ is a Story of a Son Discovering the Truth in his Father’s Tall Tales
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From novel, to film, to musical, a heart-warming story of family
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Hangar Theatre’s Production of ‘Chicago’ Brings Back the Original Fosse Choreography
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We hear from Hangar Theatre’s Artistic Director Michael Barakiva about the new production of Kander and Ebb’s musical ‘Chicago’. He tells about the history of how the original play almost didn’t become a musical at all, and about the process of reviving the original Bob Fosse choreography.
Photo credit: Hangar Theatre
The Sound Of Silence: Female Composers At The Symphony
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America’s top orchestras are presenting little if any music written by women next season. Why is that?
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The Ensemble ‘Early On’ Welcomes New and Old Friends for New and Old Music
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Guitarist Paul Sweeny joins us to talk about the concert by the ensemble Early On. The concert, on Sunday, June 24 at 3pm in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 183 Riverside Drive in Binghamton, is called ‘Early and Later On’ and features performances by young recorder players, and an old friend, Larry Zukof.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, An Influential Russian Conductor, Has Died
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With work spanning much of the Soviet era, the conductor served as an important and prominent conduit between Russia and the West. He died Saturday at age 87.
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WindSync Performs for Stamford Friends of Music
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The Friends of Music of Stamford present the wind quintet WindSync on Sunday, June 17 at 3 in the Stamford United Methodist Church, 88 Main Street, Stamford. We hear from Kara LaMoure, the bassoonist of the Houston-based ensemble, about music that has been written especially for them, and the great amount of touring and educational work they do.
Photo credit: WindSync
Lorraine Gordon, Guardian Of New York Jazz Club, Dies At 95
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The owner of the revered Village Vanguard in New York City — and a champion of generations of jazz musicians, including Thelonious Monk — died Saturday at age 95.
As Summer Jam Turns 25, Hot 97 Stakes Its Claim To Hip-Hop Pedigree
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Ebro Darden and Peter Rosenberg remain vocal gatekeepers in an era of SoundCloud rappers and soundalike playlists.
A$AP Rocky and Skepta Are Pretty-But-Gritty Patriots
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The New York and London-hailing artists make a case for the similarities of their cities respective influence with video for “Praise The Lord (Da Shine).”
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Music of Johannes Brahms is Featured with the Downtown Singers
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The Downtown Singers, led by Kristina Ruffo, present their Spring Concert. This year it features the music of Johannes Brahms. We hear from conductor Kristina Ruffo about the works, as well soloists Timothy LeFebvre, Michelle Thompson, and Erik Thompson.
Photo credit: Downtown Singers
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A Jazz Legend Carries on his Father’s Legacy in Geneva
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The Geneva Music Festival presents a wide range of music and various venues in and around Geneva. We hear from jazz legend, drummer T.S. Monk, who will be performing with his sextet at the Smith Opera house. The son of Thelonious Monk, he tells the amazing story of how he first approached his father about wanting to become a drummer — and what happened next.
Photo credit: courtesy Geneva Music Festival
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Young String Players Fill the Foothills Performing Arts Center with Music
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The Little Delaware Youth Ensemble presents their spring concert in the Atrium of the Foothills Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 3 at 3pm. Music Director Uli Speth joins us to talk about the program and the history of the group.
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Jason Mraz: A Return To New York
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Mraz recounts the palm reading that led him to drop out of college and make music, and how Sara Bareilles brought him to the Broadway musical Waitress. Then we quiz this organic farmer on avocados.
James Levine Accused Of Sexual Misconduct By 5 More Men
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Their allegations against the former Metropolitan Opera conductor were made public in a counter lawsuit filed by the Met on Friday in New York.
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The ‘King of Instruments’ Shows Off in Binghamton
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The Binghamton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Binghamton’s United Presbyterian Church present organist Jean Herman Henssler in concert on Sunday, May 20. John Holt joins her as we talk about the difference between church and concert repertoire, and the multi-tasking it takes to perform on such a complicated and powerful instrument.
Photo credit: John Holt
The Outrage, Angst And Optimism Of Parquet Courts’ ‘Wide Awake!’ Track By Track
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Parquet Courts’ fifth album, Wide Awake! is a turning point for the band. The four guys based in New York made conscious attempts to push their music out of their habitual tendencies.
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Drama is on the BPO Program
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra presents music of Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in a concert on May 19th in the Forum on Washington Street in downtown Binghamton. The new Music Director, Daniel Hege, joins us to talk about this dramatic program featuring trumpet soloist Frank Campos.
Photo credit: Alice G. Patterson
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A String Quartet Concert in Stamford Opens with Music by Ithaca College Composer Dana Wilson
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The Friends of Music of Stamford welcome the Formosa Quartet for a concert on Sunday, May 20. The concert opens with music written for them by Ithaca College composer Dana Wilson.
Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino: Afro-Mexican Folk Takes Root in New York
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The band’s sophomore album, Rios de Norte y Sur, pays loving homage to a music born of the collision of indigenous, African and Spanish cultures in colonial Mexico.
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Celebrates the Variety of Music by ‘Magnificent Mozart’
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The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Principal Guest Conductor Daniel Hege presents ‘Magnificent Mozart’ on Saturday, May 5 at 7:30 in the Forum, on Washington Street in downtown Binghamton. Maestro Hege talks about the great variety of music that Mozart wrote and one astonishing harmonic discovery he made while preparing this concert.
Photo credit: Alice G. Patterson
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Two Lost Musical Treasures are Rediscovered
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Conductor Gerald Wolfe joins us to talk about the two rarely-performed choral masterpieces that will be on the program of the next Ithaca Community Chorus and Chamber Singers concert on May 12th at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
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The Catskill Choral Society celebrates ‘The Seasons’
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We hear from Catskill Choral Society music director G. Roberts Kolb who is leading them in two performances of Franz Joseph Haydn exuberant oratorio ‘The Seasons’. Maestro Kolb has produced a new English edition of the work.
Photo credit: Catskill Choral Society
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Bus Driving Guitarist Looks Back On Career With Many Turns
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Guitarist Lawrence Johnson recorded the complete works of early-nineteenth century composer Fernando Sor – using equipment that the guitarist got in a trade for a Volkswagen.
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The Binghamton Community Orchestra Premieres New Work
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Music Director Timothy Perry and composer Kristen Gilbert talk about the next concert by the Binghamton Community Orchestra. The concert is called ‘Our Town’, and features the ‘Triple Cities Suite’ commissioned by the orchestra.
Photo credit: Binghamton Community Orchestra
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The Ithaca College Choir Joins the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra for Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
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Maestro Cornelia Laemmli Orth of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra joins us to talk about the performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ with the Ithaca College Choir. Also on the program is the Sinfonia No.5 of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and the Flute Concerto in D, “The Goldfinch” by Antonio Vivaldi.
Photo credit: Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
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The Singers of the Madrigal Choir of Binghamton ‘Celebrate Singing’
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Bruce Borton, conductor of the Madrigal Choir of Binghamton joins us to talk about ‘Celebrate Singing: Madrigal Choir Favorites of the Past 40 Years’ and the task of winnowing down all of those favorites into a concert. The choir has also commissioned a new work, and founder Anne Boyer Cotten will be at the concert conducting the last three works on the program.
Photo credit: Madrigal Choir of Binghamton
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Ithaca’s Multicultural Chorus Raises VOICES in ‘Songs of Hope’
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The VOICES Multicultural Chorus performs ‘Great Expectations: Songs of Hope’ on Saturday, May 5 at 4pm in Ithaca’s First Baptist Church. Music Director Lorrene Adams joins us to talk about the great range of sources and languages for this inspirational concert.
Photo credit: Affiliated Choruses of Ithaca
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Corning Community College Celebrates 60 Years with Poetry and Music
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The Cantata Singers and the Corning Community College Vocal Ensemble join forces for a concert celebrating 60 years of Corning Community College with poetry of Edward Dougherty set to music by conductor Will Wickham, who joins us to talk about this free concert at the Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium.
Photo credit: Bob Haggard for the Cantata Singers
New York Jazzman Bob Dorough, Best Known For ‘Schoolhouse Rock!,’ Dead At 94
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Dorough spent two decades as a jazz player, singer, conductor and arranger in New York before being approached, at his advertising day job, to explain math to children via music.
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The Sultans of String Combine Many Musical Threads in their Concerts
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Violinist Chris McKhool joins us to talk about his band, the Sultans of String, who will be performing at the Hangar Theatre on May 11. The band members come from many musical traditions and present a wide range of styles in their concerts. For this concert, they welcome sitarist Anwar Khurshid.
Photo credit: Sultans of String
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Tri-Cities Opera Sheds New Light on a Familiar Story
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In 1981 director Peter Brook created a pared-down version of Georges Bizet popular opera ‘Carmen’, incorporating elements from the original opera-comique version, and from the novella on which is was based. WSKG’s Sam Goodyear talks with the singers playing Carmen and Don Jose from Tri-Cities Opera’s production of ‘La Tragédie de Carmen”, Tascha Anderson and Andrew Surrena.
Photo credit: Randy Cummings, Bunn Hill Photo
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Composer Hugh McElyea Uses an Ancient Form to Portray Heroism and Sacrifice
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Composer Hugh McElyea talks about his work ‘Tenebrae: The Passion of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’. This theatrical work uses the ancient service of Tenebrae to tell the story of the last hours of Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer who could have fled Germany during the Nazi regime, but whose faith compelled him to stay and face imprisonment and eventual execution just days before the war ended.
Photo credit: www.tenebraelive.com
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‘A Feast for the Ears’ Showcases a Variety of Musical Styles
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Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Timothy Perry joins us to talk about ‘Symphonic Smorgasbord II: A Feast for the Ears’. Dr. Perry has essentially created a ‘new’ symphony by selecting the first movement of Cesar Franck’s Symphony in d minor, the second movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 in e minor, the “Hunt” Scherzo from Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No.4, “Romantic”, and the fourth movement of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No.4 in e minor. He talks about the challenges to the students of playing in very different styles of symphonies all written at about the same time.
Photo credit: Binghamton University Music Department
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The Cooperstown Summer Music Fest Presents its First Concert of the Season
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Cooperstown Summer Music Fest Artistic Director Linda Chesis joins us to talk about the first concert of the season, taking place at the Otesaga in Cooperstown. The American String Quartet performs Franz Schubert’s famous “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, Claude Debussy’s String Quartet in g minor, and Linda Chesis joins them as flutist in ‘Poem’ by Elmira-born composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
Photo credit: Peter Schaaf
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The Binghamton Baroque Orchestra Presents Its Next Concert
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The recently-formed Binghamton Baroque Orchestra continues its first season with some rarely-performed works.
At 78, Carlos Do Carmo, The ‘Sinatra Of Fado,’ Makes His New York Debut
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Carlos do Carmo helped popularize fado, Portugal’s national music, and gave it a political edge when Portugal’s dictatorship fell in 1974. This past weekend, he brought fado to New York.
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SRO Productions Presents ‘Always…Patsy Cline’
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‘Always…Patsy Cline’ is the true story of the friendship between the famous country singer and one of her fans through correspondence and a few meetings. Actors Alexandra Mendoza and Lynette Daniels join us to talk about SRO’s production of it and the many songs Cline made famous in her tragically short life.
Photo credit: SRO Productions
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The Business Of Being Cardi B
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With a major label debut looming, the Bronx rapper’s unchecked charm remains her biggest asset — her Swarovski-encrusted skeleton key to the halls of fame.
New York’s ‘Frankie Cosmos’ Examines Fear, Fame And Womanhood
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Vessel is Greta Kline’s third proper album as the leader of Frankie Cosmos, though she’s been putting her music online since she was 16. At 24, her songs have come to find the beauty in melancholy.
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Bassist Marc Johnson Highlights the 5th Annual Scott LaFaro Day Concert
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The Smith Center for the Arts presents the 5th Annual Scott LaFaro Day Celebration Concert on Saturday, April 7 in the Smith Opera House in Geneva. Bassist Marc Johnson joins us to talk about Scott’s legacy as a a ground-breaking jazz bassist. He is joined on the concert by his wife, Grammy-winning pianist and composer Eliane Elias, and Marc will even play a few number on Scott’s double bass.
Photo Credit: Jos Knaepen
Patti Smith On Mountain Stage
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Patti Smith performs in honor of her late husband, Fred “Sonic” Smith, and helps with his posthumous induction into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.
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Hear Here! | Singing to Freedom: Slave Songs and the Underground Railroad
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Many of us know and love traditional spirituals like Swing Low, Sweet Chariot or Wade in the Water. But a lesser known aspect is that many of these songs served as coded messages for the Underground Railroad. We’ll explore the connection between slavery and the songs that slaves sang on their way to freedom. (Producer: Crystal Sarakas)
Classroom Resources
No Man Can Hinder Me: The Journey From Slavery to Emancipation Through Song by Velma Maia Thomas
‘Coded Spirituals’ | A full teacher resource gallery from PBS LearningMedia. Follow the Drinking Gourd | This book, song video, and Reading Rainbow episode offer kids.
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The ‘From Corning’ Festival Presents Music in 7 Locations in Downtown Corning
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Guitarist and singer-songwriter Michael Callahan joins us to talk about the new ‘From Corning’ Festival taking place on Saturday, March 24 starting at noon at seven locations in downtown Corning, featuring twenty-five ensembles and solo performers.
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The Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers Present a Concert in Elmira
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The Music Director of the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers, Baruch Whitehead, joins us to talk about their concert on Sunday, March 25 in the Clemens Center in Elmira, which presents a variety of Negro Spirituals. He talks about the meaning behind these moving songs and their historical context.
Education
Hear Here! | From Kid to Musician
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Brian Manker went to school in upstate New York in the Endwell, Vestal, and Binghamton communities. He wanted to be a football player, but then he discovered
the cello. Now he’s the principal cello for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Produced by Bill Snyder. Post-Listen Discussion Questions:
Where did Brian Manker grow up?
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Women’s Works Features Composer and Performer Shruthi Rajasekar
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Women’s Works presents ‘Building Bridges’
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The Oneonta Concert Association Welcomes Misha and Cipa Dichter
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Misha and Cipa Dichter perform in Oneonta