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It just keeps coming: Three of Tacoma’s local churches offer acoustically — and visually — beautiful spaces for free concerts of every style of music you could want.
When Svend Ronning, Amy Grinsteiner, Roberta Hansen-Downey and Cindy Renander walk on stage tonight at Annie Wright School, they’ll do more than just fill the Great Hall with beautiful, complex French music. They also will stop time – musically, aesthetically and symbolically – as they play one of classical music’s most important pieces: Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time.” Along with ground-breaking works by Ravel and Satie, it’s part of the season finale for the Second City Chamber Series.
From PLU to The Met — and back again: Rising opera star Angela Meade returns as commencement speaker
It’s hard for any university graduate to see into the future, but when Angela Meade attended commencement at Pacific Lutheran University in 2001, she probably didn’t guess that within 12 years she’d have won dozens of elite opera competitions, sung on stages from New York’s Metropolitan to the Vienna State Opera, and performed with musicians such as Charles Dutoit, Roberto Abbado and Plácido Domingo.
Music Reviews Natalie Maines
You know a pop star is huge when he books KeyArena a year in advance. Justin Timberlake announced today that he’s bringing his 20/20 Experience to Seattle on May 17, 2014.
The Northwest’s own Heart and Death Cab for Cutie will headline Seattle’s annual Bumbershoot festival this year. Bumbershoot takes over Seattle Center every Labor Day weekend and features concerts, literary events, art, comedy and more. This year’s festival runs Aug. 31 to Sept. 2.
Jane Monheit
At first glance, Paul Haas — the second of four candidates for the Tacoma Symphony’s music director position, in town this week for his audition concert at the Pantages — seems like a bundle of contradictions: A New Yorker who loves hiking and nature. A composer and multimedia innovator who lists Brahms’ 4th symphony — the main work on Saturday’s TSO program — as one of his all-time favorites. A conductor who’s willing to play both cutting-edge music (such as a new work by Tacoma-born Alexandra Bryant, which he will do Saturday) and the local football team’s theme song.
The second candidate in the Tacoma Symphony's search for a new musical director – New Yorker Paul Haas – takes the podium Tuesday for a concert Saturday, with a creative vision for the future.
For a nerdy white guy with an accordion, “Weird Al” Yankovic has enjoyed a pretty good career. He owns three Grammys, has sold more than 12 million albums, has 3 million Twitter followers, and, more recently, produced two books and a 3-D film, “Al’s Brain.”
Tacoma singer Vicci Martinez, who got a big break by becoming a finalist on the first season of "The Voice," is now climbing the charts with "Come Along," the single from her "Vicci" album that features "Voice" coach Cee Lo Green. She's playing The Swiss tonight as part of its 20th anniversary weekend. It's been 10 years since she debuted there.
Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville announced its summer concert series on Monday. This summer's visitors include Chris Isaak, Harry Connick Jr., Counting Crows, Pat Benatar, Gladys Knight, Garrison Keillor and more.
Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio.
It’s a big musical jump from the elegance of Mozart to the driving pulse of mambo, son and cha cha. But combining classical music and Cuba has been a major part of Northwest Sinfonietta’s mission during the past couple of years.
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