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Music review: The potential of the New World Center in Miami Beach
Culture MonsterMIAMI BEACH -- The New World Center, the Frank Gehry-designed home for the New World Symphony, had its first test Wednesday as classical music game-changer. But that test wasn’t the one most of us expected it would be. The evening’s...... -
Jasper Johns is first studio artist in 34 years to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Culture MonsterObama to confer 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday; arts honorees are Yo-Yo Ma and Jasper Johns, the first visual artist to win since 1977.... -
Do more than follow the music
When is following Twitter during a classical concert not considered rude? How about when the orchestra expressly asks you to? The Costa Mesa-based Pacific Symphony is requesting that patrons break with the rules of concert decorum on Saturday by...Tags: Verizon Wireless, Neil LaBute, Entertainment, John F. Williams, Music
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Allyn Ferguson dies at 85; prolific Hollywood composer
Allyn Ferguson, a prolific, Emmy-winning composer who co-wrote the themes for the popular TV series "Charlie's Angels" and "Barney Miller," has died. He was 85.
Ferguson, who also was known as an arranger and conductor, died of natural causes June 23...Tags: Movies, Television, Academy Awards, Music Theater, Les Miserables (musical)
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Music review: Gustavo Dudamel makes a case for 'Cantata Criolla'
Culture MonsterWikipedia, that good guide to prominence, provides a proper biography of Ramón Antonio Gerard Estévez, a.k.a. Martin Sheen, with many references, links and a full filmography. But Antonio Estévez, a.k.a. chopped liver, gets next to nothing. Buried... -
Ojai Music Festival names Dawn Upshaw music director for 2011, announces UC Berkeley partnership
Culture MonsterSoprano Dawn Upshaw has been named music director of the 2011 Ojai Music Festival. A star of the opera and concert stage, she is the latest in a long line of guest artists who have been invited to help create...... -
Music review: L.A. Master Chorale's folk music program at Disney Hall
Culture MonsterGrant Gershon’s term at the head of the Los Angeles Master Chorale has been mostly noted for his expansion into new music, in parallel to what has been going on at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He knows it, saying he...... -
A composer of true Americana
Culture MonsterImagine a postmodern Aaron Copland, or Charles Ives with a pop cultural twist, and you’re primed for the music of Michael Daugherty. A composer of his time and birthright, Daugherty is a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native and the musical embodiment...... -
Critic's Notebook: Musical détente at Hanoi Opera House
Culture MonsterHANOI -- This year marks the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam. The country is still a tender land, but the Vietnamese have long known how to profit from their various invaders over the past...... -
Music review: Hanns Eisler, a Marxist for our time?
Culture MonsterHanns Eisler is not, yet, a recovered voice. A two-time Oscar nominee for best score, the German composer, who fled the Nazis in 1933, was the first in motion pictures to be called up by the House Committee on Un-American...... -
Obama, with stars and masses, celebrates
The SwampPresident-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrive for the Obama Inauguration Celebration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sunday January 18, 2009. (Brian Baer/Sacramento Bee/MCT) by Frank James and Jill Zuckman Joined by...Tags: Government, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009), Social Issues, Pete Seeger, Ohio
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Obama: Lincoln's lesson of 'unity'
The Swampby Mark Silva A long day of homages to Abraham Lincoln has begun in Washington, where President Barack Obama joined a celebration of the union-saving president's 200th birthday, and will close in Springfield, Ill., where Obama will attend a dinner......Tags: Government, Abraham Lincoln, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama
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