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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir Carves Isolated, Icy Paths With 'In the Light of Air'
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I’m thrilled this week to give you a sneak peek of a new podcast called LPR Live coming out this Fall. It’s hosted by friend and colleague Conor Hanick and you should check it out!
Sportswear Company Makes its Pitch With Glass's 'Einstein on the Beach'
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
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The opening music of Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson's 1976 opera "Einstein on the Beach" is at the center of a new ad campaign celebrating athletic precision and endurance.
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Monday, August 24, 2015
By Elena Saavedra Buckley
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Monday, August 24, 2015
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Monday, August 24, 2015
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Off The Grid: Open Call for New Music
Monday, August 17, 2015
Explore the peripheral world of the musically emergent with host Suzanne Farrin: Off the Grid returns for its third season this October. Submit your music now to be part of the show.
Composer-Cellist Peter Gregson's Fervid Midnight Rendezvous, "Touch"
Monday, August 17, 2015
By Doyle Armbrust
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On Dec. 11, 2014, the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale and the Yale Camerata joined forces for a program of new choral and orchestral music from graduate student composers.
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Friday, August 14, 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Are you hungering for some fresh and imaginative pieces that feature the trombone, that most unusual of brass instruments? Join the Brothers Balliett Thursday at 3 pm.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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Monday, August 10, 2015
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