Pittsburgh Symphony cancels more concerts amid strike
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has canceled orchestra concerts through Dec. 5 due to a musician's strike that began in late September. ... Tickets can be exchanged for future performances ...
Pittsburgh Symphony, idled by 55-day strike, resumes season
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Music has returned to Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh this weekend after a two-month orchestra strike that cost fans much of the fall season. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's financial woes ...
Striking Pittsburgh Symphony cancels shows through Nov. 18
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has canceled all concerts through Nov. 18, including the Light Up Night Community Concert that is part of the city's traditional holiday shopping season ...
Pittsburgh symphony strike cancels events through Oct. 27
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has canceled all concerts through most of October due to a musician's strike.
Pittsburgh symphony musicians reject pay cuts, go on strike
JOE MANDAK, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians went on strike Friday after unanimously rejecting calls for a 15 percent pay cut, pension changes and staffing cuts they ...
Stamford Symphony Competition / Arden Anderson Broecking
She studies with Greg Shearer, first chair flautist of the Hartford Symphony. ... Next, we spoke to Shannon Reilly, also a violinist, who studies with Richard Rood, the concertmaster of the Orpheus Chamber ...
Christmas comes early for Pittsburgh Symphony
Associated Press PITTSBURGH — A philanthropic family has given $29.5 million to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra — the largest gift it has ever received and among the largest private investments in any ...
YMCA in Wilton to host Community Conversation on Mental Health, and other community events
A longtime member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, he has recorded with Barbara Streisand and Natalie Cole, performed with Benny Golson and Terell Stafford and has been a guest artist of the Pittsburgh ...
Albany Symphony releases two works by composer Christopher Theofanidis
Shannon Fromma The Albany Symphony recently released a recording featuring two orchestral works by internationally acclaimed composer, Christopher Theofanidis. ... The Concerto for Violin, originally written for ...
Costello cancels Pittsburgh show in solidarity with strike
Costello is canceling his upcoming show in Pittsburgh in solidarity with striking Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra launches 76th season with ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
Bernstein noted of Copland’s heroic “Symphony No. 3,” “the symphony has become an American monument, like the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial.” ... Recently, he has conducted the Boston ...
Costello cancels Pittsburgh show in solidarity with strike
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elvis Costello is cancelling his upcoming show in Pittsburgh in solidarity with striking Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians. ... The musicians are objecting to a 15 percent pay cut and ...
Parnassus String Quartet to perform at Woodbury Senior Center
He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Shepherd School Symphony, and has performed on “From the Top.” ... Oppelt viola award from the Eastman School of ...
Senior center Friends to host free concert in Woodbury
He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Shepherd School Symphony, and has performed on From the Top. ... Oppelt viola award from the Eastman School of Music, ...
Photos: Farewell to the festival
Murray Abraham, one of the stars of the 1984 film "Amadeus," performs a dramatic reading of "Mozart's Death in Words and Music" Saturday during the final concert of the spring music festival featuring the ...
5-year deal ends Pittsburgh orchestra musicians' strike
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Musicians are agreeing to a temporary wage cut as part of a 5-year deal that's ending a strike against the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra that began in late September. ... The symphony will ...
Mimir Chamber Music Fest takes the digital stage
Not only will the composer’s son Larry Schoenberg introduce the work from Los Angeles, but the performance will feature three Houstonians - Joan DerHovsepian, Erik Gronfor and Brinton Averil Smith - joined by ...
Conductor Mariss Jansons dies at 76
By David McHugh, Associated Press Frankfurt, Germany Mariss Jansons, conductor of top classical ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, has died ...
Clarinetist Shifrin performs at church
., at the Wilton Congregational Church, 70 Ridgefield Road.One of only two wind players to have been awarded the Avery Fisher Prize since the award's inception in 1974, Shifrin is in constant demand as an ...
Houston Symphony extends contract for maestro Orozco-Estrada
Orozco-Estrada, who is in his third year leading the symphony, now has a contract that extends through the 2021-22 season. ... He has since directed the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the ...