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 Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City with about 2.5 million inhabitants.
The loss of Brooklyn's separate identity as a city was met with some consternation by some residents at the time, and later; the merger has been known as the "Great Mistake of 1898", as it was called by many newspapers of the day, and the phrase still denotes Brooklyn pride among old-time Brooklynites.
Brooklyn, the 'Borough of Homes', can be understood as a collection of neighborhoods, many historically descended from the old towns and villages of Dutch times.
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 Brooklyn Academy of Music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is located in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, at 30 Lafayette Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue Station of the Long Island Rail Road and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, the tallest building in Brooklyn.
Founded in 1861 the first BAM facility at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights was conceived as the home of the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn.
BAM is now recognized internationally as a progressive cultural center well known for The Next Wave Festival (1983 to present).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music   (333 words)

  
 Lucent Technologies and Brooklyn Academy of Music announce joint multimedia art projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the oldest operating performing arts center in the United States, presents innovative, experimental and contemporary theater, opera, dance, music and film.
BAM's Next Wave Festival, one of the largest and most celebrated festivals of contemporary performing arts, is dedicated to the presentation of outstanding American and international performance with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration.
BAM dance, music, opera and theater events are presented in two permanent theaters, the BAM Opera House and the BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater).
www.lucent.com /press/0300/000323.bla.html   (652 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
It moved to its neo-Italianate building in downtown Brooklyn in 1907.
The Academy presently has four major performance areas–the Opera House, the Playhouse, the Leperq space, and the BAM Rose Cinemas.
An avant-garde showplace, it is also the venue for the artistically adventurous Next Wave Festival, an annual 10-week series of events that originated in 1981.
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 AllRefer.com - Brooklyn Academy of Music (Theater) - Encyclopedia
Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM.
The Academy has long presented concerts, plays, ballet, and lectures, and it is now home to the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
Since 1967 it has expanded into a center for experimental theater, new opera, contemporary and ethnic music and dance, independent films, and multimedia productions.
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 Brooklyn Youth Chorus - New York City Children's Chorus
Founded in 1992 by Artistic Director Dianne Berkun, the GRAMMY award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) is a performance-based vocal music education program serving 250 children and reflecting the broad diversity of New York City.
The Chorus's three training divisions and the advanced Concert Chorus have helped hundreds of children realize their potential as musicians and as individuals.
With a commitment to artistry at all levels, BYCA provides an unparalleled vocal music education and performing experience for New York City children.
www.brooklynyouthchorus.org   (135 words)

  
 Music resources on the World Wide Web
Music uniform titles are a device by which musical scores and recordings may be found more easily in a library's catalog.
The Music Library Association is the professionalorganization in the United States devoted to musiclibrarianship and to all aspects of music materials in libraries.
Music by Marcello and Telemann are slated for inclusion.
www.library.yale.edu /musiclib/webres.htm   (3497 words)

  
 Real Estate Weekly: Downtown Brooklyn is New York's growth solution - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The first steps toward the creation of a cultural district around the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene are being put into place with the arrival of the Mark Morris Dance Company Studio this autumn and the advent of a local development corporation.
In addition, Downtown Brooklyn offers cultural activities that are unparalleled when compared to other downtowns across the country.
James Whelan is Director of the Downtown Brooklyn Council, an organization comprised of major corporate, academic, medical and cultural institutions promoting the economic growth of the Downtown Brooklyn area.
www.findarticles.com /cf_0/m3601/48_46/64912054/p1/article.jhtml   (947 words)

  
 CriticalDance.com - Merce Cunningham Dance Company - 'Split Sides' 'Fluid Canvas' - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Review
There was no almost no hierarchy to the elements of dancers, art, and music though Cunningham chooses to present his work within the confines of the tradition proscenium of the stage, which creates a set of expectations that the dance carries the primary focus of meaning.
The music eventually sounds exactly like a jackhammer and becomes a bit annoying — but reinforces some of the tension embodied in the movements of the dancers.
Although they usually play five-minute alternative rock music, for this commission, they recorded 20 minutes of electronic improvisation which was performed live on the opening night of performance.
www.criticaldance.com /reviews/2003/Merce_20031017.html   (1792 words)

  
 Classical Music Venues, New York City
Featuring more contemporary music, Alice Tully Hall regularly hosts a mix of music, dance, theater, and video.
Since 1977, Bargemusic has been showcasing chamber music on a 102-foot long converted barge on the Brooklyn waterfront.
BAM offers a wonderfully varied program including music, dance, film and theater.
www.ny.com /music/classical   (458 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music
Restoring the nearly 100-year-old Brooklyn Academy of Music was complicated on so many levels that "it beat the competition hands down," said a jury member.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music was completed in 1908 by architects Herts and Tallant, the premier theater architects of the time.
The replication of some ornamentation, such as cherubs with missing arms and musical instruments, required not only the skill of a mason, but the artistry of a sculptor.
newyork.construction.com /projects/03_BestOf/BrklynAcaMusic.asp   (488 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music Restoration
BAM, which held its first performance in 1861, is the oldest performing arts center in country.
BAM is now the largest presenter of contemporary international dance, theatre, and opera in the United States.
Hugh Hardy is leading the team, using modern technology and materials to restore the terracotta ornamentation, and the reconstruction of the parapet and cornice, which was removed for safety reasons almost 50 years ago.
www.bobvila.com /BVTV/HomeAgain/Video-1408-03-0.html   (356 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Academy presently has four major performance areas-the Opera House, the Playhouse, the Leperq space, and the BAM Rose Cinemas.
Brooklyn center a 'holy obligation': program named for Maryknolls marks 10 years educating immigrant women.(Feature)
The Recording Academy Increases Grant Giving by 20 Percent and Awards More Than $650,000 in Grants for 2004.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BrooklynA1cad.asp   (554 words)

  
 BAM : Brooklyn Academy of Music
A unique series for sophisticated writers, readers, and eaters, bringing major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for evenings featuring intimate dinners, readings, and discussions that are always entertaining and engaging.
Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble
Composer and interdisciplinary artist Fred Ho and his Afro Asian Music Ensemble return to BAMcafé for an evening of epic music spanning Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
www.bam.org   (139 words)

  
 BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture :: Tourism & Events >> Brooklyn Tourism Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Brooklyn's newest performing arts space showcases the work ofboth emerging and established artists, with an emphasis on Brooklyn artists working in new forms and technologies.
Explore Brooklyn's Dutch heritage at the oldest house in New York State, built by the Wyckoff family in 1652.
Brooklyn's zoological jewel, designed especially for kids, in an interactive, state-of-the-art wildlife center with more than 400 animals including baboons, wallabies, and prairie dogs, lving in naturalistic habitats.
www.brooklynx.org /tourism/council/tourismcouncil.asp   (1762 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Brooklyn, NY One of New York City's true gems, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is a world class performing arts center.
Located at the edge of the recently gentrified Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, it offers some of the city's finest concerts and theatrical events.
From opera and classical music to African dance and modern theater, the packed schedule offers something for everyone's taste.
www.attractionsmall.com /NewYork/concerts/brooklynacademyofmusic.htm   (91 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Brooklyn Academy of Music
in Emerilese) is located in Brooklyn a borough of New York City at 30 Lafayette Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue Station of the Long Island Railroad and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, the tallest structure in Brooklyn.
Definition / meaning of Brooklyn Academy of Music:
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 The Fifth Annual Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival
The Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, founded in 2001 by Paul Rothman and Jackie Lew, is a collaboration between The Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival Inc. and The Brooklyn Academy of Music and is part of Too Cool For Shul: the Steinhardt Jewish Heritage Festival at BAM, including BAMcafé Live performances throughout April.
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafé, and Shakespeare and Co. BAMshop are located in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.
BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places).
www.brjff.org /press.htm   (2928 words)

  
 Theatre Consulting - Brooklyn Academy of Music
We prepared plans and specifications for new stage-lighting systems that would link all three performance spaces in Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM's) main facility and be fully integrated with the existing dimming systems.
Because of BAM's busy performance schedule, the project had to meet a tight deadline: we had to start in early July and finish before the season opened in late September.
The contractor and all manufacturers met the deadlines without difficulty, and the systems were ready for the opening show of the year.
www.kuyk.com /html/bam.html   (330 words)

  
 Brooklyn Academy of Music -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Brooklyn Academy of Music -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
After the building burned to the ground on November 30, 1903, plans were made to relocate to a new facility in the then fashionable neighborhood of Fort Greene.
After (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) World War II, Brooklyn faced a decline like many other urban centers experiencing the doughnut phenomenon.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brooklyn_academy_of_music.htm   (221 words)

  
 Ballet-Dance Magazine - Bangarra Dance Theatre - Bush - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
It is the sum total of all humanity passing through a person who becomes the medium of timelessness connection with our very existence.
The unfortunate dichotomy of living in our modern lives, divorced from a deep rooted connectivity with nature, was highlighted by a powerful performance by Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia ’s leading indigenous dance theatre company.
The opening night at BAM’s Harvey Theater resounded with applauses commending the company for its contribution in the avenue of melding traditions with contemporary approaches in the arts.
www.ballet-dance.com /200501/articles/Bangarra20041019.html   (555 words)

  
 BAM : Brooklyn Academy of Music
A diverse range of live music performances every Friday and Saturday night with light dining (see sidebar) and full bar in the best room in Brooklyn.
"“fusion that never seems forced”"—The New York TimesComposer and interdisciplinary artist Fred Ho and his Afro Asian Music Ensemble return to BAMcafé for an evening of epic music spanning Africa, Asia, and the Americas—all sources of their musical and thematic inspiration.
BAM members enjoy advance reservation privileges (please call Patron Services at 718.636.4182).
www.bam.org /events/bamcafelive.aspx   (409 words)

  
 Music Departments Worldwide: Full version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Not all institutions listed here necessarily offer full academic courses in music; they are included simply if they maintain separate home pages for their music departments.
Carl Nielsen Academy of Music (Det Fynske Musikkonservatorium), Odense
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, New York, NY
www2.rhbnc.ac.uk /Music/Links/Musdepts/full.html   (1749 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Brooklyn Academy of Music
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 Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House Photo and Specs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
BACKGROUND: The BAM Opera House is America's oldest continuously operating performing arts center.
The cornerstone of this grand building was laid in 1906 and construction was completed in 1909.
The BAM marquee façade features much decorative detail in brick, terra-cotta, granite and marble.
www.graciano.com /brooklyn_academy.htm   (239 words)

  
 Opera News : From around the world: Brooklyn. (North America).(Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Academy of Music ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In late April, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Brooklyn Academy of Music teamed up for a production of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte at the Harvey Theater (seen April 28).
It was notable chiefly for the rare chance to savor the artistry of two fine singers in an intimate house.
In Brooklyn, they gave performances that elevated a silly Jonathan Miller production and seemed to inspire the four young singers who played the lovers.
static.highbeam.com /o/operanews/july012003/fromaroundtheworldbrooklynnorthamericabrooklynphil/index.html   (297 words)

  
 BAM : Brooklyn Academy of Music
Thu—Sat: Present your BAM Rose Cinemas ticket at BAMcafé (day of screening only) and receive a three-course dinner including a glass of house wine for $21 per person (movie ticket is additional).
Discounts available at BAM Rose box office only.
No children under the age of six will be admitted to BAM Rose Cinemas for any movies that are: Not Rated, rated R, rated PG 13, or any movies not made specifically for children
bam.org /film/ARTE.aspx   (306 words)

  
 CD Baby: KALMAN MAGYAR: Exposed - from evor
Born in 1973, he grew up in a New Jersey home filled with folklore, the son of immigrants who were catalysts for Hungarian dance groups, bands, festivals, concerts, workshops, newsletters, and museums.
Kálmán's musical journey spans several genres - folk, jazz, classical, gypsy, rock - but remains centered on the folk music of Eastern and Central Europe.
The music on this disc was arranged and performed solely by Kálmán.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/magyar/from/evor   (548 words)

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