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Top 10 Electric Light Orchestra Songs

When Jeff Lynne joined Roy Wood's British band the Move in 1970, it was with the condition that the group blend their basic rock moves with classical music, in a nod to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.After recording two final albums with the Move, Lynne and Wood formed the Electric Light Orchestra, realizing Lynne's dream of pairing classical instruments (cello, violin, french horn, oboe, etc.) with meaty rock 'n' roll […]

todayMarch 18, 2024 2

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij Dead at 49

Vitalij Kuprij, a member of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and a highly regarded Ukrainian-American pianist and keyboardist, died on Tuesday (Feb. 20) at 49, according to his friend and musical colleague Lars Eric Mattsson, a Finnish guitarist and producer.Kuprij performed with Trans-Siberian Orchestra on their latest seasonal tour throughout November and December 2023. And before rejoining the symphonic heavy metal band in 2021, he was also included in their lineup from 2009 to 2019.Indeed, the keyboardist […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 4

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In a first, jazz orchestra to accompany romantic silent film at Marion’s Lincoln Theatre

Eight months of work have gone into creating a unique musical and cinematic experience for a Feb. 10 performance at Marion’s Lincoln Theatre. The former movie palace will once again show a silent movie but with a newly created soundtrack that will be performed live by the renowned Tri-Cities Jazz Orchestra.A patron of the downtown theatre inspired the event.Tracy Thompson, the Lincoln’s executive director, shared that the patron “had a […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024 2

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Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra hosts music workshop for upper limb amputees

A music workshop has given a group of amputees the chance to jam out with members of an orchestra. Peke Waihanga Artificial Limb Centre and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra hosted the event at Mount Eden Village Centre on Monday. Around 20 amputees attended the two-hour session and were taught by five members of the orchestra to play a mix of percussion instruments. Botany resident Martin Grobler, 15, had his left […]

todayDecember 12, 2023 7

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Warwick Symphony Orchestra bringing holiday music to library

The Warwick Public Library will host its final concert of the year Sunday, Dec. 10 with a collection of chamber music and holiday tune  by the Warwick Symphony Orchestra brass and string ensembles starting at  2 p.m. The Warwick Symphony Orchestra’s grant-funded “A Little Live Music” chamber series brings music to the community with free concerts by small ensembles, trios and quartets, and a studio orchestra. “A Little Live Music” […]

todayNovember 30, 2023 2

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Composer re-creates music written by Auschwitz orchestra in Holocaust

Add to your saved storiesSaveWith the wave of a conductor’s baton, a heartbreaking melody began to resound inside a concert hall in London — a song composed by a prisoner in a Nazi death camp that, until Monday, had not been played in public.“Futile Regrets,” as the composition was titled, unfolded like the pages of a tragic novel. The violin strings reverberated with the weight of unspeakable sorrows. With each […]

todayNovember 29, 2023 3

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Louis Langrée Named Music Director Laureate of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

The title is initially effective until the conclusion of the 2027/28 season, and will see Langrée return to Cincinnati for select concerts each year   Conductor Louis Langrée has been given the title of Music Director Laureate by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO), following the 2021 announcement that the 2023/24 season would be his last as the CSO's Music Director. Langrée, who took the helm at the CSO in 2013, […]

todayNovember 14, 2023

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Philadelphia Orchestra and musicians agree to 3-year labor deal with 15.8% salary increase

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association have ratified a collective bargaining agreement calling for minimum salaries to increase by 15.8% over three years. The deal announced Saturday night with Local 77 of the American Federation of Musicians covers Sept. 11 this year through Sept. 13, 2026. Increases in the agreement include 6% in the first year, 4.5% in the second and 4.5% in […]

todayOctober 22, 2023 5

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South African musician Abel Selaocoe is a dynamic partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra – Twin Cities

The South African composer and musician Abel Selaocoe brings his extraordinary energy to the Ordway Concert Hall in a showcase of his many gifts. An artistic partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Selaocoe made his debut with the group in 2022. This weekend at the Express Concert, the musician’s infectious joy in the music seems to rub off on everyone around him — fellow musicians and audience alike. From […]

todayOctober 14, 2023 4

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