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Wednesday, July 23 2008

Loyalty for Mehta
Sydney Morning Herald

Levine had malignant kidney growth
Florida Times-Union

MN Orchestra pleading poverty
Star-Tribune

Colorado chief resigns for Dallas job
Denver Business Journal

Stringing along with Mellencamp
Cincinnati Enquirer

Surprise party for Zukerman's 60th birthday
Ottawa Citizen

Lifting the lid on the art of conducting
Media Guardian

Camden to fill with orchestra music
Village Soup

Li Yuru, Legend of the Beijing Opera, Dies
Guardian

Lynchburg Symphony awarded two new grants
Lynchburg News

Tuesday, July 22 2008

Houston Symphony bets on black
Houston Chronicle

Hating the new
Wall Street Journal

Pavarotti estate finally settled
Windsor Star

Utah Symphony & Opera gets $15K donation
Business Wire

Listening to Elliott Carter
Berkshire Eagle

Dallas plays up symphony to win travelers
Dallas Morning News

Leon Fleisher celebrates 80 years
Baltimore Sun

Gas prices not seen impacting arts attendance
Los Angeles Times

Soprano hits all the right notes
Windsor-Heights Herald

It ain't over till Te Kanawa says
Chicago Sun-Times

Monday, July 21 2008

Classical mania
Cincinnati Enquirer

Adventures in concert programming
New York Times

NK orchestra US bound?
Donga

To revive Columbus Symphony, dial 911 and pray
Columbus Dispatch

Met Opera Put Out for Repair
New York Times

Opera director builds characters
Rocky Mountain News

Cellist claims story stolen
CBC

If it plays in Louisville, it could play anywhere
Louisville Courier-Journal

Concert hall backers hold meeting for arts groups
Ottawa Citizen

Double reed fast facts
Salt Lake Tribune

Friday, July 18 2008

Quid pro quo
Glittering Stew

Eugene, meet your candidates
Register-Guard

Shreveport Symphony: it ain't over
Shreveport Times

Haitink, CSO match high standards
Chicago Sun-Times

Musicians hit Sydney for 'piano Olympics'
ABC Online

Music can enhance wine taste
BBC

Tanglewood forges ahead without Levine
Boston Globe

SSO, Syracuse Opera join forces
Syracuse Post-Standard

Red piano used by Lang Lang on auction block
San Francisco Chronicle

Maestro meets Mario
Baltimore Sun

Thursday, July 17 2008

Musicians reject offer
Columbus Dispatch

Shocked by declines
Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Shreveport Symphony musicians sign contract
Shreveport Times

Levine has kidney surgery
New York Times

Cincy Opera singer charged with assault
Kentucky Post

Virginia Symphony gets $500K grant for new work
Daily Press

Houston Symphony finding new ways to attract audiences
Texas Cable News

Lang Lang: Overnight sensation now established star
Chicago Sun-Times

San Diego Chamber Orchestra receives grant
San Diego Union Tribune

Gunman shoots at orchestra musicians
Reuters

Wednesday, July 16 2008

Loss at Tanglewood
Berkshire Eagle

Finding common ground
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Jailbirds hear classics
PR-Inside.com

Grants, contributions help Maryland Symphony
Herald-Mail

To the East, a classical crescendo
Los Angeles Times

ArtsMemphis allots $2 million in grants
Trading Markets

Kuerti conducts at Tanglewood as Levine awaits surgery
CBC

Imperial Symphony Scores a Good Year
Ledger

Youth orchestra to bridge Turks, Greeks
Turkish Daily News

MN Opera co-founder Thomas Nee Dies
Minnesota Public Radio

Tuesday, July 15 2008

Plead insanity to your parents
Denver Post

On your marks. Get set. Blow!
Guardian

And the piano capital is... Estonia?
Columbus Dispatch

Glyndebourne Opera sees green
Stage

Composer sued over bad review declared bankrupt
Luton News

ArtsKC Fund announces $574K in arts grants
Kansas City Star

An opera engulfed by shadows of war
Boston Globe

Indy Opera to relocate
Indianapolis Star

Composer gets noticed
Herald Tribune

Finnish theatre brings opera to the deaf
Calgary Herald

Monday, July 14 2008

The next generation
Los Angeles Times

Larionoff goes solo
Seattle Times

The hard sell of new music
Hartford Courant

Haitink: He's a gentleman conductor
Berkshire Eagle

Orchestral prisoners
Scotsman

Can't get it out of my head
Boston Globe

Planning stage can be painful
Montreal Gazette

Cleveland Orchestra's Eurocentric ring
Plain Dealer

Bridging the gap
Guardian

Alan Stone, founded Chicago Opera Theater, dies
Chicago Tribune

Friday, July 11 2008

$100M gift to NY Theater
New York Times

For the music gadget freak in all of us
International Herald Tribune

NAC Orchestra calls of Asian tour
Ottawa Citizen

Slatkin to lend helping hand at Tanglewood
Berkshire Eagle

The arts - and audiences - move (really)
Philadelphia Inquirer

Tucson Symphony Orchestra concertmaster leaving
Arizona Daily Star

Detroit Symphony gets $80K grant
Crain's Detroit Business

Opera buffa
Economist

Find the right ticket for the BBC Proms
Times Online

Game music brought to life
Daily Texan

Thursday, July 10 2008

Kahane to depart
Rocky Mountain News

Absolute torture
Guardian

A different class of diva
La Scena Musicale

The buzz on The Fly
Toronto Star

Opera on a shoestring
Newark Star-Ledger

New Haven Symphony invites musicians to play
Stratford Star

Petersburg Symphony gets $98K grant
Progress Index

ASCAP awards announced
Out & About

TX arts feels the pinch
El Paso Times

Opera Ahoy
Cincinnati City Beat

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

SLSO gets major sponsorship
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Balancing art and funding
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Second grant to Columbus Symphony approved
Columbus Dispatch

Surgery sidelines Levine's Tanglewood season
Boston Globe

La Scala strike cancels 'Boheme'
Variety

Foundation awards $175K grant to NJSO
Star-Ledger

Theatre raises funds to aid Cedar Rapids Symphony
Columbia Missourian

Chorus of disapproval
The Times

RPO ends 19 years in Vail
Democrat & Chronicle

In tune with youth
Hometown Annapolis