Smithsonian music curator James Merle Weaver died on 16 April in Rochester, New York, from complications of COVID-19. He was 82. Weaver began his lifelong engagement with music as a piano, and later, organ, student in his hometown of Danville, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois in nearby Champaign/Urbana. His weekend activities during that […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Times London picks Apollo’s Fire as #1 for Bach St. John Passion Recordings & Music for the Soul Video Series reaches audiences far and wide Jeannette Sorrell, Conductor & Artistic Director “Perhaps most remarkable of all is the “chamber” version by the US group Apollo’s Fire, directed by Jeannette Sorrell as
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These videos were filmed in Brooklyn at Skillman Music studios just a week before the NYC shutdown due to COVID-19. -August McKay Lodge
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Ars Lyrica Houston offers virtually everything you could ask for! Whether its a cocktail and watch-party with artistic director Matthew Dirst, concerts and conversations with star performers, or educational pieces, Ars Lyrica touches all of the bases for connection with its local and virtual audiences of all ages. Ars Lyrica Goes Virtual With Music and
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New York, NY, April 6, 2020 – Douglas Schwalbe, founder of the classical music management agency Schwalbe and Partners, died Friday, April 3 at the age of 92 after a short illness. Douglas Schwalbe was born in New York in 1927. He went to PS6 and then to the Hotchkiss School. Immediately after, he enlisted
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