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Live Music Lineup: Italian revenge ballads from Malandrino at One Longfellow Square

by Aimsel Ponti October 7, 2019October 8, 2019

You can also catch jazz act the Tracy McMullen Quintet, singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen and Maine folk legend Gordon Bok.

Do This

PSO brings fab six on stage to play Beatles hits

by Bob Keyes October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

With a guest conductor, the symphony’s first pops concerts of the season celebrate the music of the Beatles.

The Forecaster

Music academy takes nominations for teacher award

by Kate Irish Collins October 6, 2019

PORTLAND — The Maine Academy of Modern Music is now accepting nominations for its annual Maine Music Educator Award. Nominations are due by Sept. 30. Go online to maineacademyofmodernmusic.org to nominate a music teacher or for more information on this award program. “The winner will best exemplify MAMM’s mission and values of providing Maine youth with […]

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Sports

University of Kansas apologizes for risque Snoop Dogg show at hoops event

by DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

The Jayhawks get an R-rated performance for their annual basketball kickoff.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Jessye Norman, acclaimed operatic soprano, dies at 74

by Emily Langer The Washington Post October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

She was among the most celebrated singers of her era, with a repertoire spanning the canon from Wagner to Verdi and from Purcell to Poulenc.

Arts & Entertainment, Review

Portland Early Music Chapel Series explores the French Baroque style

by ALLAN KOZINN September 29, 2019September 29, 2019

Timothy Burris builds his program around the Tombeau, a French form in which composers memorialized dignitaries and other musicians.

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Christopher Rouse, expressionistic composer who won Pulitzer Prize, dies at 70

by Harrison Smith The Washington Post September 25, 2019

Rouse was best known for his symphonies and concertos, which featured a sound that cellist Yo-Yo Ma once described as ‘spiritual without being sentimental, deeply felt without sentimentality.’