Mozart's Birthday

Music Critics Picks/New Music
Georgia Straight - Vancouver s diverse population is reflected in an appropriately eclectic spring season, as local devotees of new music get to sample everything from Estonian choirs to that underappreciated Korean zither, the kayagum not to mention three nights

Today: 3/7/2006
Palm Beach Daily News - Yes, it's different in Florida. Leslie Aldridge Westoff of Palm Beach writes, 'One of the glorious things about living in Florida is the way we can get close to nature, or nature can get close to us. I have been adopted by a charming baby opossum who

Music Critics Picks/Classical Music
Georgia Straight - Ah, spring: season of renewal, rebirth, and yummy chocolate eggs. There s plenty of music to choose from in the coming months to reawaken the senses much of it as heavy as those disgustingly sweet Cadbury Creme Eggs. But if the weighty romantic

Hooray for Mozart
Star-Banner - In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra has planned a special concert for Saturday and Sunday. The third of the subscription concerts will feature "Almost Amadeus," a tribute

Company BBC really knows how to swing
Georgia Straight - An audience whooping for a dancer is not a sound often heard in the world of contemporary ballet. But that s just what the Queen E. patrons were doing for Chengxin Wei, as he put extra jump into jump-and-jive and boogie-woogied his butt off in Paul

Feting vetta
Georgia Straight - This weekend, Vetta Chamber Music celebrates 20 years of presenting intimate concerts of classical works. The birthday party kicks off Friday (February 24) at West Point Grey United Church with A Jubilee of Music and Artists, featuring founding