PassAlong Networks Launches Rostr Playlist Widget: Users Can Display Music Taste, Brands Can Permeate Social Networks Media distribution developer PassAlong Networks(TM) today launched Rostr(TM), a customizable and interactive Web playlist widget that enables artists, labels, fans and brands to extend their reach into social networks while offering users a unique tool for displaying their music tastes. - 2008-01-03

David Hicken, Internationally Renowned Pianist, Releases New CD Entitled 'Goddess' Internationally acclaimed pianist & composer, David Hicken has released a new CD entitled "Goddess" featuring solo piano music to help bring peace and inner calm. Perfect for relaxation, yoga and meditation, Goddess includes 12 tracks of beautiful melodies infused with rich harmonies which are sure to delight. "Piano music to nurture your soul" is how David describes his new CD which features 12 tracks of soothing piano pieces to bring peace and inner calm. Also available this holiday season from Enchanting Music, is the music book "Goddess" which contains sheet music for all of the pieces on the CD. - 2007-12-10

Artists From Naxos of America Family of Distributed Labels Honored with 14 GRAMMY Nominations The Recording Academy® honored Naxos recording artists today with 11 GRAMMY® Award nominations, the most of any classical music label this year. - 2007-12-08

Ebb & Flow Ensemble (Hawai'i) Performs 'Quartet for the End of Time' in Seoul, Korea On November 14, 6 p.m., at the Recital Hall at Music Building, Ewha Womens University (11-1 Daehyun Dong, Seodaemun Gu) Seoul, Korea, Ebb & Flow Ensemble will perform a concert of music inspired by spirituality. A central work on the program is "Quartet for the End of Time" (1941) by the French composer, Olivier Messiaen. - 2007-11-05

Arresting Indie Rock Album Packs Fierce Punch with a Polished Glove Yale trained composer releases alternative rock debut mixed by Montreal's Howard Bilerman - 2007-10-30

Apogee Launches Programs in China and Provides Awards to Four of the Nation's Most Outstanding Musicians The Apogee Foundation, a philanthropic corporation dedicated to the development of human excellence in the performance arts, announced today that it is now implementing programs in China to identify, support, develop and promote elite performing arts talent. The Foundation kicked off its operations in the nation's capital by providing awards to the most gifted students and faculty of the Central Conservatory Music School. - 2007-10-23

Scottish Guitarist Matthew McAllister appearing with Albany's Spiral Ensemble Matthew McAllister has been delighting audiences across Europe and beyond with his thoughtful performances and effortless presentation. From renaissance miniatures to contemporary masterpieces, Matthew's style encompasses it all. - 2007-10-14

Apogee Interfuses the Power of Performing Arts with the Penetration of Electronic Media The Apogee Foundation is celebrating a decade of excellence in the performance arts with enhancements across all of its program divisions designed to inspire new awareness and new markets for artistic excellence through electronic media. - 2007-09-19

New York Composer and San Antonio Writer Complete New Musical and Top Selling CD by Internet Though they have never met or spoken by phone, the writers of the epic Lament--The Musical have found a devoted world wide internet audience for their musical. - 2007-09-10

The Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack From Abkco: Wes Anderson's Film Offers Unique Mix Of Western Rock, Pop, Indian Film Music, Classical Pieces The Darjeeling Limited, director Wes Anderson's new film will be released later this month as will a soundtrack album that includes the music of legendary Indian film director Satyajit Ray, plus great rock songs by The Kinks, Rolling Stones and others. - 2007-09-09

Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2007 Presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra Presents the 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival in Lenox, MA, featuring the best artists in jazz today. Labor Day Weekend, August 31-September 2 in the Berkshires. - 2007-07-30

Valencia Vas Reaches Top 40 on ACQB Radio Chart in Only Three Weeks With Hopeful Pop Single "When The Sun Comes Up" Classically trained soprano was tied with Chrisette Michele and ahead of Rascal Flatts, Sir Paul, John Mayer and Fergie for most added the first two weeks out. - 2007-07-12

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lineup Hugh Masekela, Kevin Mahogany, Red Holloway, Cyrus Chestnut, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Romero Lubambo, Leny Adrade, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra added to lineup for Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival August 31-September 2, Lenox, Massachusetts. Full lineup includes Kurt Elling, Randy Crawford and Joe Sample, Marian McPartland, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Hank Jones, Roberta Gambarini, Ahmad Jamal and Jimmy Heath. - 2007-06-13

Arts Integration into Education: Music Serves as a Bridge to Peace The arts are an essential part of American culture as a whole. It is very important that all members of society come into direct contact with the arts -- not only as passive observers, but also as active participants. The Humanitarian Resource Institute Arts Integration into Education initiative is promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development for peace. - 2007-06-12

Brazilian Guitar Master Marcos Vinicius Coming to Rollins College Born in Congonhas Brazil, Marcos Vinicius is one of the most well known of Brazil's contemporary guitarists. He began his concert career at the age of fourteen and from that moment has obtained enormous success and acclaim. Vicinius has played in the most important cultural centers of Brazil and Europe, is President of the Classical Guitar Academy of Milan, and a prominent composer. Vinicius' unique sound, technique and interpretations are attracting more and more attention from composers, critics and fans. - 2007-05-27

Opera Diva Teams Up with Rock Icon Opera finally meets Rock/Pop? In a most unusual collaboration of musical styles two distinct artists come together to create an incredible collection of musical diversity. - 2007-05-03

Stereophile Acclaims Phillip Bimstein's Starkland CD Stereophile, the leading US audiophile magazine, raves about Starkland's new Larkin Gifford's Harmonica CD in their April issue. They call the composer Phillip Bimstein "an American original" and describe the CD as "stunning and heartwarming." Multiple-Grammy winner John Adams wrote the Introduction for this unique CD, which was also recently praised in the New York Times. This new CD echoes Bimstein's previous Garland Hirschi's Cows Starkland recording, which triggered hundreds of calls to hip radio stations throughout the country, and was called "a cult classic" on National Public Radio. - 2007-04-05

New Female Vocal Beauty Takes On Male-Dominated Crossover Classical Genre Valencia Vas, a classically trained soprano, releases her debut album singing diverse lyrics set against soundtrack-like symphonic backgrounds. - 2007-03-08

Russia's Jazz Ambassador, Saxophonist Igor Butman and Leading Neo-Romantic Composer/Pianist Igor Raykhelson Headline 'Modern Romance: Where Jazz Meets Classical' Jazz meets classical in unique cross-over theme concerts featuring Jazz Sax virtuoso, Igor Butman and one of the leading composers of the Neo-Romantic Movement, Igor Raykhelson. Other guest artists include Elena Revich, violin, awarded Honored Artist of Russia in 2004, Boris Andrianov, cello, considered one of Russia's leading cellists of his generation and considered the world's leading clarinetists, Julian Milkis, the only pupil of the late Benny Goodman. The artists will take the audience through a magical evening of comparison and contrast between Jazz and Classical music and performance combining the two styles of music into one unique event. - 2007-02-09

Film Composer's Grass Roots Festival Project Goes to Sundance: Screening of Highlights from FILM2MUSIC at Sundance Film Festival January 23 The Sundance Institute Film Music Program will present highlights of composer Kubilay Uner's CINEMATIC CD FILM2MUSIC project at the Sundance Film Festival. In a reversal of roles, Uner asked filmmakers from around the world to visually interpret music from his 2006 instrumental release CINEMATIC, using no other sound besides the music. Ninety-four short films were submitted, in a wide variety of genres and styles. Winners were picked by a panel of Hollywood pros, plus by popular vote online. - 2007-01-10

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