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The Opening of the Smith Center

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Smith Center, Arts Management, Any Given Child, Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Arts, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cleveland Orchestra, Las Vegas, Arts Education, David Sedaris, Smith Center Las Vegas, Culture News
Michael Kaiser

What is especially exciting is that the rationale for the Center has little to do with the millions of people who travel to Las Vegas every year to enjoy the hotels, gambling and shows for which Las Vegas has become famous.

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French Impressions: A Conversation With Violin Virtuoso Joshua Bell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Quigang Chen, Cesar Franck, John Corigliano, Camille Saint-Saens, Joshua Bell, Maurice Ravel, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Christian Bale, Jeremy Denk, Josef Gingold, Flowers of War, The Red Violin, Eugene Ysaye, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

French Impressions is a clever little title that brings three of the great works from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century French repertoire.

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Music and Spirituality: Thoughts on Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata

Alan Elsner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Cesar Franck, Ravel, Joshua Bell, Violin, Classical Music, Cesar Franck Music, Music Review, Classical Music Review, Arts News
Alan Elsner

There is something feverish about listening to Cesar Franck. Something in this music takes you to another place. The hairs rise on the back of your neck. The response it evokes is physical as well as intellectual.

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Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Diane Lane, Howard Levy, Ginger Baker, Martin Scorsese, Garrison Keillor, The Aviator, Mamie Smith, Dick Hyman, Phish, Gary Louris, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, The Byrds, Roy Wooten, A Prairie Home Companion, Martha Wainwright, Ghost World, Bela Fleck, Peter Gelb, Edgar Meyer, Michael Penn, Earl Scruggs, Evelyn Glennie, Zakir Hussain, Rufus Wainwright, Bela Bartok, The Beverly Hillbillies, Captain Kirk, Zelig, Lewis Rusell, Mark Olson, Leon Redbone, Jane Green, Aztec Two-Step, Steve Buscemi, The New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, Woody Allen, Neil Young, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Miles Davis, Star Trek, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, The Cotton Club, Louis Armstrong, Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Douglas, Richard Gere, Mark Twain, Charlie Parker, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Ray Bradbury, Dve Matthews, Randall Poster, Nellie Mckay, Victor Wooten, The Jayhawks, Joshua Bell, Boradwalk Empire, Kathy Brier, Catherine Russell, Sophie Tucker, Leonardo Dicaprio, Saturday Night Live, Richard Thompson, Mark O'Connor, Stewart Lerman, Johnwilliams, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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5 Crazy Street Performers (Who Happened To Be Geniuses)

Cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Guy Laliberte Cirque De Soleil, Weird Entertainers, Weird Street Performers, Joshua Bell, Moondog, Charlie Barnett Dave Chappelle Mentor, Adam Winrich Flaming Whips, Weird News News

Even when times are good, you're going to see guys on the corner asking for money in return for the privilege of watching them struggle through "Free ...

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STREAMING LIVE NOW: Violinist Joshua Bell And Pianist Yuja Wang Live On MediciTV

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Streaming Video, Joshua Bell, Music Festival, Medicitv, Violin, Pianist, Yuja Wang, Verbier Festival, Violinist, Piano, Arts News

To hear the tones bouncing from violinist Joshua Bell's strings is an experience in and of itself. To see the sweat form on his brow (and his vivacio...

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ARTISTS SPEAK: Interview With Violinist Joshua Bell

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artist Interview, Classical Music, Joshua Bell, Gustav Mahler, Hollywood Bowl, Classical-Violin, Interview, Grammy Awards, Arts News

Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, 42, returns to the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday with a program of Mahler and Bruch. The boyish classical sup...

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MUSIC UNITES TO SHOWCASE YOUNG VIOLINIST CHARLIE SIEM

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Philharmonic, Philanthropy, Classical Music, Benefits, Joshua Bell, Lang Lang, Music Education, U.N., Charlie Siem, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Concert, Violinist, Music Unites, Home News
Michelle Edgar

The week of violinist Charlie Siem's Carnegie Hall performance, Music Unites will host a ticketed benefit concert with the British virtuoso at SPiN NY...

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Music Unites Gets Behind Mikhail Simonyan To Raise Funds for Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Russian, Australia, Music Education, Afghanistan, Afghanistan National Institute of Music, Beethoven Not Bullets, Robert Schumann, Bob Dylan, Lang Lang, Joshua Bell, Charlie Siem, Ministry of Education of Afghanistan, Music Unites, Monash University, Mikhail Simonyan, City Winery, Entertainment News
Michelle Edgar

Music Unites will be hosting an event for Russian-Armenian violinist virtuoso Mikhail Simonyan and musicians from the New York Philharmonic on June 14...

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MUSIC UNITES CELEBRATES ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt White, Sting, Inner City, Rachel Platten, Charity, Mark Ronson, Maino, As Tall as Lions, Music Education, Tamarama, Underfunded-Schools, Rainforest Foundation, Music, New York, Philanthropy, Jaicko, Trudie Styler, Music Unites, Carnegie Hall, Benefit Concert, Harlem, The Postelles, Brooklyn, United Nations, Melanie Fiona, Howie Day, Chester French, Bobby McFerrin, Lang Lang, Blue October, John Forte, Lincoln Center, Patti Smith, Bettye LaVette, Sondre Lerche, Joshua Bell, David Arquette, Peter Bjorn & John, Niia, Entertainment News
Michelle Edgar

It was just one year ago that New York-based charity Music Unites was founded by Michelle Edgar to support music education in underfunded inner city s...

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Bach's Brilliant Friends

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Bayless, Chris Thile, Jake Shimabukuro, Bach, Bela Fleck, Emerson String Quartet, Edgar Meyer, Classical Music, Anatoly Larkin, Joshua Bell, Bobby McFerrin, Philip Glass, Bach and Friends, Entertainment News
Jan Herman

Bach on the organ? Of course. On the cello? Naturally. On the violin? Sure. But Bach on the banjo? The ukelele? The mandolin? How about the glass harp? And let's not forget a cappella.

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A Documentary About Bach Gives Food for Thought

Alan Elsner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike-Lawrence, Classical Music, Joshua Bell, Bach, Hilary Hahn, Entertainment News
Alan Elsner

One of the most fascinating documentaries I've seen recently is Mike Lawrence's Bach and Friends. Bach is like a drug; once you experience your first high, you always want more.

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Reflections On Taylor Swift and the Music Biz Boogeyman

Jorge Hernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Britney Spears, Music Business, The Black Eyed Peas, Music Industry, Taylor Swift, Gregorian Chant, Milli Vanilli, Entertainment News
Jorge Hernandez

We're tired of all the superficial, talentless artists the music biz boogeyman is forcing on us.

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Joshua Bell "At Home With Friends" for a Good Cause: Music Education

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, At Home With Friends, President Obama, Joshua Bell, Music Education, Carnegie Hall, Impact News
Michelle Edgar

On Januaury 25th, Joshua Bell invited the audience into his house for an evening of music and merriment benefiting two charities close to his heart, Music Unites and Education Through Music.

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Science and the Arts to Meet Up Tonight in New York

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anna Deavere Smith, Damian Woetzel, Joshua Bell, Edward O. Wilson, Brian Greene, World Science Festival, String Theory, Entertainment News
Jane Levere

The worlds of science and the arts -- which don't frequently intersect -- will meet tonight in New York, at the opening gala of the World Science Festival.

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Take Time To Stop And Smell The Gene Weingarten

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joshua Bell Washington Post, Joshua Bell Violin Subway, Gene Weingarten, Video, Joshua Bell Subway, Joshua Bell, Joshua Bell Busking, Pulitzer, Eat the Press, Media News

The Washington Post's Gene Weingarten won the Pulitzer for Feature Writing for the delightful "Pearls Before Breakfast," an experiment in context, beauty, and willingness to ignore the rest of the world for the sake of your Blackberry.

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