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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 30 December 2016

The 94th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. with “Romantic,” the third program in this season’s series, The Ages of Music — each program exploring the sound, composers, and culture of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras, respectively.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 30 December 2016

BSO Guest conductor Christoph von Dohnányi is joined by virtuoso pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger for three performances Thursday, January 26-Saturday, January 28, 2017, for Schumann’s intensely lyrical Piano Concerto.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 26 December 2016

Robert J. Sherman, son of American songwriter and Disney legend Robert B. Sherman, paraded down iconic Main Street U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom with the Harnett Central High School "Marching Trojans" from Angier, N.C. on Monday, entertaining thousands of Walt Disney World Resort guests.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 26 December 2016

After more than 60,000 views of the 12 semifinalist schools’ videos for the 2017 Music In Our Schools – Music Inspires Tour, during which viewers voted daily for their favorite schools, the six schools to be part of the Tour have been chosen.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 26 December 2016

The annual Music Education Days at the Winter NAMM Show will be held Saturday and Sunday, January 21–22, 2017, in Anaheim CA. Music educators and administrators are encouraged to join Roland/BOSS at this industry-only music products trade show.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 26 December 2016

The Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomes over one hundred adult amateur musicians from sixty-seven Massachusetts communities to Boston’s Symphony Hall for the third “Onstage at Symphony, ” January 11-14, 2016.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 26 December 2016

Now beginning a national tour after its highly-acclaimed 623-performance Broadway run,"An American in Paris" is a classic musical reborn as a modern stage production. Conducted by music director David Andrews Rogers, the musical's 13-piece orchestra plays its all-Gershwin score augmented by three Kurzweil PC3K8 keyboards using programming provided by keyboard programmer Stuart Andrews and associate keyboard programmer Dave Weiser.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 19 December 2016

The Jazz Education Network will present its 8th Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, January 4 - 7, 2017, with world-class performers and presenters. GRAMMY® Award-winning saxophonist/recording artist Kirk Whalum will be keynote speaker.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 19 December 2016

The Hull Jackson Montessori Magnet School in north Nashville offers a theater arts programs and Disney has become a regular contributor of grants towards it, through the Disney Musicals In Our Schools program. Disney’s program provides performance rights, educational support materials, and guidance from teaching artists, specially trained by local educators and the Disney Theatrical Group (Nashville was the pilot city for the program, in 2010). Last year’s musical, The Little Mermaid, was one of the first productions to employ the newly acquired the System 10 Pro Digital Wireless Microphone system from Audio-Technica.

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Details: Written by Sharon Paquette Lose; Published: 19 December 2016

The New York Philharmonic Very Young People’s Concerts (VYPCs), for children ages 3 to 6, will begin its 12th season Monday, January 9, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday, January 15 at 12:30 and 3:00 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street.