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Mayara Pineiro and Pau Pujol in the Philadelphia Ballet’s production of “Swan Lake,” which is part of the company’s 2024-25 season.
Ballet soars, PCMS offers best bargains in town
The Philadelphia Ballet will offer five productions and a gala celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary while the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society will present 48 recitals. more
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Piffaro, the Renaissance Band’s upcoming season will include “Triomphi,” a program of music featuring works surrounding the poetry of Petrarch, the most influential writer of the Italian Renaissance.
Piffaro, Chamber Orchestra announce 2024-25 seasons
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia are set to open their 2024-25 concert seasons. more
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Under the leadership of president and artistic director Scott Guzielek (above), the American Academy of Vocal Arts in Center City will celebrate the tuition-free school’s 90th anniversary year of training future stars of the opera stage.
Academy of Vocal Arts celebrates 90 years of training opera’s best
Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, America’s leading training ground for professional singers, is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its founding. more
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Yuja Wang, one of the most sought-after concert pianists in the world, will perform in three performances at Kimmel Center’s Marian Anderson Hall.
Orchestra’s 2024-25 season filled with great music and musicians
The 2024-25 season of live concerts presented by the Philadelphia Orchestra is a cornucopia of great music. more
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You never know who might show up at the annual Philly Bookstore Crawl.
Philly Bookstore Crawl: A literary tour through the Northwest
Book lovers, mark your calendars for Saturday, Aug. 24, when  the Philly Bookstore Crawl returns. more
Riccardo Muti, former music director of the Philadelphia orchestra, will return to the city Oct. 24-26 to conduct the Orchestra’s performance of “Giuseppe Verdi’s towering masterpiece,” the “Manzoni” Messa da Requiem.
Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes back Riccardo Muti
Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra have announced their 2024-25 season of concerts. more
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Roberto Diaz, former principal violist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and president/CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music since 2006.
Curtis Institute of Music launches centennial anniversary season
Philadelphia’s legendary Curtis Institute of Music launched its celebration of the centenary of its 1924 founding. more
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Odean Pope, playing in front of the John Coltrane House at 1511 North 33rd St., a National Historic Landmark, in 2018. Saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane was Pope's friend and gave him his first musical job in 1955.
Jazz giant Odean Pope to headline Germantown event
His chops have been thrilling audiences for 70 years, "blowing changes" with chord tones and harmonic rhythms. more
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Penn Charter Upper School Band performers.
Penn Charter band wins contest
The Upper School Symphonic Band of William Penn Charter School has been awarded a prestigious Grand Sweepstakes Award. more
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Donald Nally will conduct The Crossing, tonight, June 27, in the choir’s “Month of Moderns 2: Prairie in Our Backyard” concert at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church.
Vox Ama Deus announces upcoming season with local concerts
Valentin Radu -- founder, artistic director and conductor of Vox Ama Deus – has announced the ensemble’s 2024-25 season. more
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Based in Chestnut Hill and led by artistic director Gayle Wieand since 2005, Philomusica Chorale’s mission is “to entertain, educate, engage and inspire.”
Tempesta di Mare closes one season, announces another
   Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed out its 2023-24 season on Saturday, May 18, with an intimate chamber music recital. more
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Ashton Roxander danced the role of a rebellious son with fellow dancers of Philadelphia Ballet in a performance of “Prodigal Son,” with choreography by George Balanchine.
Germantown choir to perform Bach’s ‘Magnificat’
"Bach's 'Magnificat' is undoubtedly one of his most fun and most challenging pieces for a choir to sing." more
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Music conductor Cristian Macelaru, who formerly lived in Chestnut Hill and led the Philadelphia Orchestra in several assistant conductor positions, will be taking the reins at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Former Chestnut Hill conductor to lead Cincinnati Symphony
    The Romanian-born conductor, Cristian Macelaru, who formerly lived in Chestnut Hill, has been named the incoming music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He … more
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Richard Raub, of Germantown, is conducting the Academy of Vocal Arts production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” which opened April 25 in Philadelphia and ends with the company’s May 12 performance in Bethlehem.
A Sunday afternoon of sacred choral masterpieces
Two local conductors lead performances of note this month: Donald Meineke, of Chestnut Hill, and Richard Raub, of Germantown. more
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Philadelphia Ballet will close out its 2023-24 season with Sir Frederick Ashton’s “The Dream” (above, starring Oksana Maslova) and George Balanchine’s “Prodigal Son” May 9-12 in the Academy of Music.
Piffaro glories in the Wind, and the Ballet dances a Dream
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will present “Glory of the Wind Band: Music from Portugal and Spain,” Saturday, May 11. more
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The Philadelphia Orchestra performed “Four Songs” by Alma Schindler-Mahler, a well-respected composer in her own right before she married Gustav Mahler, who demanded that she suspend her own career if they were to be married. She did.
Tempesta di Mare celebrates and the orchestra played Mahler
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will present “Bach & Telemann: Four Flavors of Concerto” on April 28 in Chestnut Hill. more
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Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia is set to return to St. Paul's Episcopal Church on April 27 with a program of works by Sir Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein.
Mendelssohn Chorus to present spring concert at St. Paul’s Church
Artistic director Dominick DiOrio will lead the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia in its first return to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since December. more
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Mt. Airy native George Burton, now one of the nation's most celebrated jazz pianists, will perform in “Timeless: a Tribute to the Legacy of Peter Nero” on Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m. at the Kimmel Center.
Mt. Airy jazz star on stage at Kimmel
George Burton, a Mt. Airy native and one of the nation's most celebrated jazz pianists, will perform in “Timeless: a Tribute to the Legacy of Peter Nero.” more
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Sandra B. Boyd (nee Barr)
A resident of Wyndmoor for 60 years, Sandra passed away peacefully on March 28, 2024 at the age of 86 of Alzheimer’s Disease. more
The Puget Sound Piano Trio will perform the final recital in the “Five Fridays” series of fundraising concerts at 7:30 p.m., April 19, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill.
Final ‘Five Fridays’ set for April 19 with Puget Sound
The final recital in the “Five Fridays” series of fundraising concerts held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill, is set for April 19. more
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