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New England Conservatory Previews 'For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice' By Linda J. Chase on November 7
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Ann Braithwaite
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Department previews a new work by flutist, composer, and faculty member Linda J. Chase, created in collaboration with theologian and author Harvey Cox. “For Our Common Home: resounding ecojustice” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 7 in NEC’s Brown Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Admission is free. For more information, visit The libretto is based on Laudato Si’, an encyclical issued by Pope Francis in 2015, which calls on ...
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FutureSound Conference Highlights: Innovation Drove the Discussion
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HypeBot
Last week's second annual Billboard FutureSound conference in San Francisco brought speakers from all facets of the music and tech relationship to speak about innovation in the music industry. Labels, investors, start-ups, rights agencies, artists, managers and music platforms all gathered for a positive discussion looking at the future. Speakers included keynotes with Deadmau5, Marc Geiger, Don Was, and Fred Wilson, and panels and presentations with Bandcamp, Bandpage, Beatport, BMI, EMI, Epitaph Ford Motor Company, Getty Images, Google, Gracenote, GVC ...
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Highlights from Billboard's Futuresound Conference
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HypeBot
The theme of last week's Billboard FutureSound Conference in San Francisco was centered on defining problems and finding actionable solutions in the areas of entrepreneurship, music licensing, as well as leveraging the social web in the digital music marketplace. Among the speakers sharing insights were key music industry execs, pioneering music/tech and social web start-ups, investors and venture capitalists. The roster included the likes of Twitter, RootMusic, Mobile Roadie, Grooveshark, Turntable.FM, Pandora, Mog, Topspin, SoundExchange, Slacker, Shazam, Reverbnation, Myxer, Island Def Jam ...
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Billboard's Futuresound: Showcasing Music Startups, Debating the New Licensing Landscape
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HypeBot
The difficulties both new and established music startups have licensing music was a dominant theme at Billboard FutureSound last week in both panels and keynotes. The only people not obsessed with problems licensing music were those that had established services that don't require such licensing including four of the five music startups featured in FutureSound's Visionary Showcase. Billboard FutureSound took place November 17 and 18 in San Francisco and involved a wide range of digital music companies and music startups. ...
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On the Horns of Abundance: Jazz Festivals Resound
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Michael Ricci
An extraordinary amount of jazz hits New York over the next two weeks: four festivals, about 150 sets, and much of it extracurricular to the usual riches at the clubs.
Its a time of marathons and breadth and goes in heavy for the new: not just youth, but also new aesthetic combinations, new attitudes toward repertory, new influences and paradigms, new clubs and theaters. Unlike some past jazz festival seasons, with more brand-polishing and sentimental favorites, this one in the ...
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On the Horns of Abundance: Jazz Festivals Resound
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Michael Ricci
AN extraordinary amount of jazz hits New York over the next two weeks: four festivals, about 150 sets, and much of it extracurricular to the usual riches at the clubs. It's a time of marathons and breadth and goes in heavy for the new: not just youth, but also new aesthetic combinations, new attitudes toward repertory, new influences and paradigms, new clubs and theaters. Unlike some past jazz festival seasons, with more brand-polishing and sentimental favorites, this one--in the aggregate--can ...
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Alice Tully Hall's Makeover Resounds
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Michael Ricci
At a time when the moneyed life in New York feels as if it is being sucked into the sewers, the reopening of Alice Tully Hall, the chamber music venue at Lincoln Center, feels like an eddy in the stream.
After the hall had been caged for almost two years by scaffolding and heavy equipment, the cranes and construction workers finally vanished last month, and a landmark was reborn.
The makeover of the concert hall and of the building ...
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Jazzfest Berlin '08 Comes to a Resounding and Successful Conclusion
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All About Jazz
JazzFest Berlin 08 has come to a resounding and successful close. Concluding Festival highlights included appearances by David Sanborn and Herbie Hancock at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and concerts at Quasimodo, A-Trane, and the UdK concert hall on Bundesallee. The multifaceted program assembled by new artistic director Nils Landgren was met with enthusiasm by members of the public and critics alike. The majority of concerts were completely sold out even before the festival opened. Musicians were greeted with standing ...
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