Performance / Tour News

Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2009

Before the Spring, a Bleak Winter of the Soul

“It is spring,” the alto soloist sang and the chorus repeated near the end of a performance of Michael Tippett’s oratorio “A Child of Our Time” at Carnegie Hall on Friday evening. And indeed it was, to the day.

So it was as good a time as any to celebrate renewal, as embodied in a young chorus of 180, comprising groups participating in the Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival: ...

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Academy of Ancient Music at Segerstrom Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2009

The ensemble performs Bach's six 'Brandenburg' Concertos.

We don't normally think of Bach -- whose music is felt to have been touched by a divine spirit and always displayed transcendent intellect -- as a rite of spring. But as musicologists and early music specialists never tire in pointing out, dance is the motor that drove much Baroque music, and Bach was no exception.

Born March 21, he was, in fact, a son of spring. Nor did his music lack a ...

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Seattle Times: Tom Varner Brings Jazz French Horn to a Sacred Space

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
March 23, 2009

From The Seattle Times: At its best, jazz is hand-tailored music that can be shaped to fit just about any setting. For French-horn master Tom Varner, a concert in the intimate, resonant Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center offers an opportunity to design a program calibrated for a sacred space. Saturday’s performance, part of the Wayward Music Series, features Varner in a variety of contexts, from solo to quintet, exploring a cross section of music he’s written since ...

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The Eagles Tour for "Long Road out of Eden" Comes to the Sears Centre

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2009

The Eagles are on a Long Road Out of Eden tour.

The latest disc from the legendary quartet was a huge success. But, the band knows a full Sears Centre won't be because of this CD alone.

So, hunker down (the Sears Centre Web site lists the performance time as 8 p.m. to midnight) for a lot of “Long Road" stuff, with enough classics (do we really need to say “Hotel California," “Life in the Fast Lane," etc.?) to satisfy ...

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Beastie Boys: Check Your Headreissue, Hollywood Bowl Sept 24

Source: JamBase
March 23, 2009

A CLASSIC GETS DELUXE TREATMENT INCLUDING LTD. ED. 4 LP VINYL

Given Ya Whatcha Want... On March 30, The Beastie Boys' third release, Check Your Head, will be the next B Boys album to receive the remastered expanded reissue treatment by Beastie Boys and Capitol/EMI, with pre-orders beginning at beastieboys.com for multiple configurations, ranging from a high quality DRM-free digital download of the album (including its numerous and classic b-sides and bonus tracks) to an ultra-deluxe 4 LP 180HQ vinyl ...

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The Beatles 'Revolver' Performed Live by Fab Faux in D.C.

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 23, 2009

The Fab Faux will perform The Beatles' REVOLVER, in its entirety, at Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. May 2.

The concert will recreate a seminal chapter in the legendary album output of The Beatles, and will offer fans a chance to hear what is often regarded as The Beatles best studio album (perhaps matched only by Sgt. Peppers,) and arguably one of the greatest rock albums of all time, performed from start-to-finish.

For those of us who never got ...

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Coming Attractions Include Oikos Ensemble, Mountains, Ntozake Shange with Hamiet Bluiett

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 23, 2009

The weekend brought news of three upcoming performances of interest to St. Louis jazz and creative music fans, all happening at venues other than the usual clubs and concert halls:Mount Tabor United Church of Christ, 6520 Arsenal St. in south St. Louis, will present a program called “Jazz for the Journey" featuring the Oikos Ensemble at 10:15 a.m. next Sunday, March 29. Led by saxophonist Rev. Cliff Aerie and pianist Christopher Bakriges, the Oikos Ensemble is ...

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Jazz in the Big Apple

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2009

JAZZ GIGS MANHATTAN STYLE

ERNESTINE ANDERSON WITH HOUSTON PERSON Tuesday through Thursday through March 29 At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway

WILL BERNARD BAND Thursday Keyboardist John Medeski, the bassist Andy Hess and the drummer Stanton Moore. At 9 p.m. Highline Ballroom 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea

GENE ...

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