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  Grammy Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives—a small gilded statuette of a gramophone, handcrafted by Billings Artworks.
Christopher Cross (Grammy Awards of 1981) is the only artist to receive the "Big Four" (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony.
Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammy_Awards   (1333 words)

  
 Oregon Symphony News Releases
An Oregon native, Severinsen has returned to Portland to perform with the Symphony, but never to perform with his Big Band, which features Shaughnessy on drums, John Bambridge on alto sax, Ernie Tack on bass trombone and Young on trumpet.
Severinsen is Principal Pops Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony.
When not performing with this celebrated group or conducting a major orchestra, he is Principal Pops Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony.
www.orsymphony.org /news/0102/severinsen.html   (1126 words)

  
 Polish Music Newsletter, vol. 7 no. 12, December 2001
An award for the best performance of the concerto with orchestra went to Štepan Kos ($2,000).
The violin soloist was Timothée Adamowski (1858-1943), the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1884-1908 and the founder of that epoch's well-known Adamowski String Quartet.
Lutoslawski's "Concerto for Orchestra" was performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the De Montfory Hall in Leicester, England 5 Nov and on 13 Nov. at the Royal Festival Hall.
www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/news/dec01.html   (7707 words)

  
 Northwestern University School of Music: Music Performance Faculty Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Performances as harpsichordist and organist with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Baroque Ensemble, Omaha Symphony, and Symphony II.
Performed extensively throughout the world and at festivals and venues as the Chicago Jazz Festival, Estoril Jazz Festival in Portugal, the Knitting Factory in New York City, the Kennedy Center Awards, and Symphony Center in Chicago.
Performances with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vermeer and Shanghai String Quartets, Midori, Gil Shaham, Pawel Berman, Suzanne Mentzer, Samuel Ramey, and Sherrill Milnes.
www.music.northwestern.edu /faculty_profiles/fp_performance.html   (5039 words)

  
 Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Prominently established as a unique and masterful instrumentalist, Edgar Meyer delights his audiences both as a vibrant performer and an innovative composer.
The album, Short Trip Home, released in Fall 1999, was nominated for a Grammy award in the category of Best Classical Crossover album and the group was subsequently invited to perform live at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards.
An exclusive SONY artist often involved in imaginative projects, Meyer and colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O' Connor have been widely acclaimed for the Sony release of Appalachia Waltz, which soared to the top of the charts and remained there for 16 weeks.
www.gpacweb.com /show_release.cfm?rsShowsKey=87   (1289 words)

  
 San Francisco Symphony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
He was pianist and conductor for Piatigorsky and Heifetz master classes and, as a student of Friedelind Wagner, an assistant conductor at Bayreuth.
Andsnes toured with the Camerata Academica Orchestra of Salzburg, conducting from the keyboard; he was soloist in concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra, toured the US with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, and appeared at a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in a performance televised worldwide.
An exclusive EMI Classics recording artist, he received the 2002 Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording for Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, and the 2000 Gramophone Award in the Best Concerto category for his disc of Haydn Piano Concertos Nos.
www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_4264_ma.html?selecteddate=03162005   (984 words)

  
 Chicago Symphony Orchestra - January 26, 2006-1
Award for Best Traditional Folk Album for Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell.
Marshall left the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Ireland to come on the road with The Chieftains; The Pilatkes have been a part of The Chieftains’ show for just over three years now, with Jon Pilatzke also contributing his talents on stage as a fiddle player.
They have performed with many symphony and folk orchestras worldwide, and have broken many musical boundaries by collaborating and performing with some of the biggest names in rock, pop and traditional music in Ireland and around the world.
www.cso.org /main.taf?p=7,1,2,3,63   (531 words)

  
 Chicago Symphony Orchestra - March 9, 2006-1
Performing new commissions as well as indigenous music, the Ensemble is dedicated to exploring the relationship between tradition and innovation.
The elite ensemble, which last performed at Orchestra Hall in 1986 under the direction of Sir Colin Davis, is currently recording the entire cycle of Shostakovich’s symphonies with Mr.
The pianist last performed at Orchestra Hall in October 2004 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Charles Dutoit.
www.cso.org /main.taf?p=7,1,2,3,75   (5103 words)

  
 Blue Note New York Performance Schedule
Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world.
Sandoval is also a renowned classical musician, performing regularly with the leading symphony orchestras from around the world.
Arturo has composed his own “ Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra”, which can be heard on “ Arturo Sandoval: The Classical Album.” Also, he has been chosen to perform with the foremost orchestras on primetime television, and was asked by John Williams to record on Williams’ original Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
www.bluenote.net /newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=3553   (459 words)

  
 Edgar Meyer - Biography
Meyer was a nominee for the same award in 2000 for Short Trip Home, a Sony Classical recording on which he led a quartet made up of violinist Joshua Bell and legendary bluegrass musicians Sam Bush and Mike Marshall.
Shortly before this collaboration, Meyer was involved in an inventive trio project with Béla Fleck on banjo and Mike Marshall on mandolin, performing original compositions marrying bluegrass, classical and other traditional styles.
Meyer made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut with Seiji Ozawa conducting, in a performance of his Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Ma.
www.sonyclassical.com /artists/meyer/bio.html   (806 words)

  
 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Will Celebrate 50th Performance at Williams Center March 25
Meyer has performed at the Williams Center several times, first with Emerson String Quartet, once in a recital with pianist Amy Dorfman, twice with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and most recently, with banjo player Béla Fleck last September.
During the 2003-04 season, Orpheus is performing with some of the world’s finest soloists in concerts at Carnegie Hall and on tour in the United States and Europe: Watts, Meyer, Jennifer Larmore, Sarah Chang, and Zhang Qiang.
Their album, Short Trip Home, was nominated for a Grammy award as Best Classical Crossover and the group was subsequently invited to perform live at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards.
www.lafayette.edu /news.php/view/5362   (1111 words)

  
 National Initiatives: NEA Jazz Masters on Tour - Paquito D'Rivera
The winner of four Grammy Awards, Paquito D'Rivera is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer.
Born in Havana, Cuba, he performed at age 10 with the National Theater Orchestra, studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and, at 17, became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony.
In 1988, he was a founding member of the United Nation Orchestra, a 15-piece ensemble organized by Dizzy Gillespie to showcase the fusion of Latin and Caribbean influences with jazz.
www.nea.gov /national/jazz/artists_tour/rivera.html   (459 words)

  
 PeterNero.com: Awards
Grammy Award - Best New Artist of 1961 - Peter Nero.
Grammy Award - Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Not for Jazz or Dancing - Peter Nero.
Chosen to perform "Rhapsody in Blue" on Paul Whiteman's TV special.
www.peternero.com /awards.html   (137 words)

  
 ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
She is an associate professor at SUNY New Paltz and is conductor of the College/Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley.
Nancy Goeres (bassoon artist-faculty) is principal bassoon of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Performances of Mozart roles such as Susanna, Pamina, and the Countess in the PBS Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of Le nozze di Figaro gained public and critical acclaim, and her European debut at the English National Opera was as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.
www.aspenmusic.org /index.cfm?method=sc.artistFaculty   (18225 words)

  
 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra > Press Room > Press Releases
As they surpass four decades of performing around the world, THE CHIEFTAINS remain beloved by audiences for uncovering a wealth of traditional Irish music and bringing it to the stage with their trademark style.
The astonishing range and variety of their music have encouraged artists from remarkably diverse backgrounds to perform and record with The Chieftains, including Elvis Costello, Mick Jagger, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Sting, Bonnie Raitt and more.
The quintet has amassed more than 35 best-selling albums, six Grammy Awards, 18 Grammy nominations and an Academy Award for one of their many film scores.
www.baltimoresymphony.org /pressroom/pressreleases/view.asp?id=30000133   (385 words)

  
 Marcia Ball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Previously, the only way for Marcia Ball's fans to hear one of her stellar live performances was to see her in person.
It wasn't long before Ball was performing in the city's clubs with a progressive country band called Freda and the Firedogs, while beginning to hone her songwriting skills.
Her albums and performances received glowing reviews in major music publications, and Marcia was featured on leading television and radio programs, including Austin City Limits and National Public Radio's Fresh Air and Piano Jazz.
www.cincinnatisymphony.org /Musicians/GuestArtists/Ball.asp   (623 words)

  
 The City Paper - Smart, Fast, Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Though he's an exceptional multi-instrumentalist at home in numerous musical situations, many Nashville music fans will immediately remember Howard Levy for his stint with Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
A superb harmonica soloist, Levy appeared on the first three Flecktones releases before departing for a career that has seen him appear on hundreds of CDs, win both a Grammy and Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Original Music for a Play, and also work with jazz, rock, country, Latin and classical artists.
Levy's first instrument was the piano, when he began playing as an 8-year-old.
www.nashvillecitypaper.com /index.cfm?section=48&screen=newsprint&news_id=37227   (757 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Music / They are scoring with big-band instrumentation
In the award for best large jazz ensemble album, the Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra has been nominated for "Get Well Soon," and the Maria Schneider Orchestra is a finalist for "Concert in the Garden."
Brookmeyer, unlike Schneider, was a star small-combo instrumentalist -- on valve trombone and piano -- before composing and arranging became his primary focus.
Like Schneider, he also cites as an attraction the "full palette" of composing for 20, instead of four or five.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/12/24/they_are_scoring_with_big_band_instrumentation?mode=PF   (990 words)

  
 Banjo Player Béla Fleck, Bassist Edgar Meyer Will Present Acoustic Program Sept. 17 at Williams Center
The subscription includes the Tuesday, Nov. 11 performance by Chilean ensemble Inti-Illimani; the Tuesday, Feb. 3 concert by Ghana drumming master Obo Addy; and the Tuesday, March 23 engagement with Meridian Arts Ensemble, a New York brass quintet.
A five-time Grammy winner, Fleck made his Lehigh Valley premiere at Lafayette in March 1996 with his Flecktones band as part of that year's Roethke Humanities Festival on "High Art and Pop Culture." Fleck also performed the acoustic program he developed with Meyer and Mike Marshall, "Uncommon Ritual," at the Williams Center in October 1997.
Meyer has performed at the Williams Center several times, first with Emerson String Quartet, once in a recital with pianist Amy Dorfman, and twice with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
www.lafayette.edu /news.php/view/4438   (876 words)

  
 Denison's Vail Series Presents Musicians In Concert of Classical Crossover Music
A masterful instrumentalist who won a 2002 Mac Arthur Award, Meyer has an extensive performance history as a solo classical bassist but is also highly regarded for his fruitful collaborations.
Fleck, a five-time Grammy winner, has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo.
The only musician to be nominated for Grammys in jazz, bluegrass, pop, country, spoken word, Christian, composition and world music categories, Fleck won his Grammy for Outbound on the same evening he shared one for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Alison Brown for "Leaving Cottondale" on the Fair Weather album.
www.denison.edu /publicaffairs/pressreleases/meyer_fleck_2003-08-29.html   (850 words)

  
 Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Other notable recordings are a Grammy Award–winning album of Haydn Piano Sonatas, the two Liszt concertos paired with the Schoenberg Concerto, three solo Brahms albums, an album of tangos by Astor Piazzolla, and a recording of John Adams’s Century Rolls with The Cleveland Orchestra for Nonesuch.
Ax in performances with the Boston Symphony under Bernard Haitink, with the Juilliard Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, in three chamber music concerts at Zankel Hall, and in a solo piano recital.
Whether performing a new concerto, revisiting a familiar work from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music, or exploring cultures and musical forms outside of the Western classical tradition, Mr.
www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_3608_ma.html?selecteddate=04242004   (2062 words)

  
 Event Brochure
A two-time Grammy Award recipient, Laurence Juber was hand-picked by ex-Beatle
Leo Kottke has sold out every performance at the Opera House for the past decade and continues to provide an unforgettable experience.
formation of the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 and with the aide of many talented musicians over the years has continued to be the most sought after big-band in the world just as it was in Glenn’s day.
www.woodstocktheatre.com /event_brochure.htm   (668 words)

  
 The Beatles' Grammy and Academy Awards and Emmy Award Nominations
The Beatles' (and solo Beatles) Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Emmy Award Nominations
(2/26/97) The Beatles won Grammys tonight for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group, Best Music Video: Short Form, both for "Free As a Bird" (the song and video, respectively) and Best Music Video: Long Form, for "The Beatles Anthology" video set, all three categories they were nominated in.
Asked by another reporter about an upcoming album of classical music, he said it was news to him.
abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /grammy.htm   (4210 words)

  
 SA Roots and Blues: NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The 2006 inductees included performers James Cotton and Bobby Rush, both currently very active as evidenced by their 2006 Blues Music Award nominations, as well as deceased legends Paul Butterfield and Roy Milton.
There will be bands performing at the Star Wine Bar and Café, Radcliffe’s Restaurant, Oscar W’s, Antonio’s On The Port, The Shamrock Hotel, Echuca Hotel, or for a very different night take a cruise on the PS Canberra to Morrisons Winery and Restaurant for dinner and blues.
In 1992, King Biscuit Time was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of radio and broadcast journalism.
www.sablues.org /news1.htm   (2011 words)

  
 JeremyKittel.com - Home
Soloist on the multiple Grammy Award-winning CD "Songs of Innocence and Experience" by William Bolcom
International Association for Jazz Education Best Jazz Performance, Alternative Strings Competition, ASTA/NOA, 2003
American String Teacher Association Alfred Award for Best Improvisation, Alternative Strings Competition, ASTA/NOA, 2003
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