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Area piano students earn state honors - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
published on May 20th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

Area piano students earn state honors
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Muskogee area piano students recently participated in Oklahoma Music Teachers Association State Achievement Auditions, which were held at Oklahoma City University. Students earning a grade of superior plus were Grace Gibson, Addison Stewart, ...

FSU's director of opera activities has a long-time love of music - Tallahassee.com
published on May 20th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

FSU's director of opera activities has a long-time love of music
Tallahassee.com
Special to the Democrat Douglas Fisher, director of opera activities for FSU's College of Music, doesn't recall asking his mother for piano lessons when he was 3 years old, but she tells him he was mesmerized by pianos wherever he saw them.

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Ireland's leading ragtime pianist plays tributes to piano legends at NCH - Irish Independent
published on May 19th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

Ireland's leading ragtime pianist plays tributes to piano legends at NCH
Irish Independent
COLM "Stride" O'Brien is to play the National Concert Hall featuring the works of ragtime and stride piano legends Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, and Fats Waller. Colm (www.colmstrideobrien.com) is Ireland's leading exponent of ragtime piano.

Schumann Piano Quintet and Quartet (Harmonia Mundi) - Herald Scotland
published on May 19th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

Schumann Piano Quintet and Quartet (Harmonia Mundi)
Herald Scotland
SCHUMANN'S Piano Quintet is one of the great warhorses of the Romantic repertoire. It is also a masterpiece of 19th-century chamber music and is, notwithstanding its funeral march, a work of enormous energy and optimism. Bulldozer performances of the ...

Chamber Music Quad Cities Violin and Piano Recital - Quad-Cities Online
published on May 19th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

Chamber Music Quad Cities Violin and Piano Recital
Quad-Cities Online
Today is Sunday, May 20, the 141st day of 2012. There are 225 days left in the year. 1862 -- 150 years ago: The members of Rescue Engine and Hose Company No. 2 are requested to meet at the engine house tomorrow evening, May 21, at 7 pm by order of the ...

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Saint-SaÃ«ns, Loevendie, Ravel Piano Trios - The Guardian
published on May 19th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

The Guardian

Saint-SaÃ«ns, Loevendie, Ravel Piano Trios
The Guardian
This vital information helps explain the quality and insight of their playing in two hefty French works â the Saint-SaÃ«ns and that classic of the piano trio repertoire, the Ravel â and, as a novelty, the short, atmospheric Ackermusik by Dutch composer ...

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Cecil Taylor at Harlem Stage Gatehouse - New York Times
published on May 18th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

New York Times

Cecil Taylor at Harlem Stage Gatehouse
New York Times
The official title for the ritualistic, immersive, often breathtaking solo piano concert at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse on Thursday was âAn Intimate Evening With Cecil Taylor.â Hmm, intimate â I'm not so sure about that. True, there was a striking ...
Cecil Taylor: The Pianist Who's Also An OrchestraNPR

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Classical, hip-hop and poetry collide at 4th annual Piano Slam - MiamiHerald.com
published on May 18th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

Classical, hip-hop and poetry collide at 4th annual Piano Slam
MiamiHerald.com
The occasion is the fourth annual Piano Slam, a mash-up of live music and poetry, classical and hip-hop music, dance and spoken-word performance. It was conceived by Carlene Sawyer, executive director of the Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation, ...

'Frasier' actor to play with a piano master - Chicago Sun-Times
published on May 17th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

'Frasier' actor to play with a piano master
Chicago Sun-Times
BY MIKE THOMAS Staff Reporter/mthomas@suntimes.com May 17, 2012 6:44PM âI have absolutely no anxietyâ when acting, David Hyde Pierce says, and he's hoping he can get to the same point with playing the piano. It's hard to think of him as anyone other ...
David Hyde Pierce to highlight Chicago piano festMuscatine Journal

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Piano and flute in India, where the sitar is king - Los Angeles Times
published on May 17th, 2012 at 05:10 AM

New York Times

Piano and flute in India, where the sitar is king
Los Angeles Times
"Growing up in India playing the piano was kind of like [being] the one-eyed king among the blind," Martin says. "There really wasn't much music going on around me. I didn't really hear a lot of concerts. I didn't have a lot of students playing around ...
Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24New York Times
2012 Summer Events Guide: Classical music and opera top picksOregonLive.com

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