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“When words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Anderson Ever find yourself whistling a tune but you don’t know the words or even the name of the song? Not to worry – you’re not alone. It happens to me all the time. A melody appears, dissolves and later returns to my cobwebbed cranium and I…
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It marks the second time the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir has sung by invitation for a U.S. president. It is also the second time the choir was invited to provide music before a crowd of more than 6,000 at the presentation of the Global Nonviolence Award by the Mahatma Gandhi Center at James Madison University….
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All those who have cried, “We miss The Boogie Kings,” will be happy to hear that the popular group will be the featured musicians for the Friday, Sept. 18 “River City Radio Hour.” Led by Richard Adams, The Boogie Kings includes the keyboard wonder William Hayes with J.T. Fauber on percussion. The Boogie Kings’ groupies…
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Ellen Schorsch, pianist, will present a recital entitled “Musical Humor” on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, 126 S. Wayne Ave. in Waynesboro. “Musical Humor” is an international program of mostly classical pieces ranging from the 18th century through the present. Featured will be Schorsch’s arrangement of the First…
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Sons of Bill, a band described as “too edgy for Nashville, but too earnest for New York,” will perform Saturday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Community College Fine Arts Center. Recently named the best band in Charlottesville for the third year in a row by C-ville Weekly readers, Sons of Bill…
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A group of Staunton musicians have scheduled a series of meetings in September to discuss forming a music guild that would support the growing emphasis on musical performances and events in and around the Queen City. The brainstorming sessions are set for each Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Fretwell Bass and Acoustic…
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The Labor Day concert tradition returns to Theater at Lime Kiln on Sunday, Sept. 6, with Blues, Bluegrass and Barbeque. The evening festival begins at 6 p.m., featuring local blues band Honest Labor, solo blues artist Scott Ainslie, and Brennan Gilmore’s bluegrass band Walker’s Run. Lime Kiln executive director Kim Renz says this is another way…
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Musikgarten at Eastern Mennonite University is now holding registration for fall classes for children through age 6. Age-appropriate classes are designed to develop your child’s musical skills – rhythm, singing, listening, playing instruments, movement – while fostering their natural love of music. Classes, taught by early-childhood music specialists Christy Stoner and Martha Hills, begin the…
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ShenanArts is serving up the musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a tale of all-consuming revenge. Directed by Hank Fitzgerald with music direction by Anne Wick Manes, the 1979 Tony Award-winning musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler is based on 1973 play Sweeney…
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Friday, Aug. 7 – State News: New online resources for teachers Thursday, Aug. 6 – Local News: 40th anniversary of Camille disaster this month – Elections ’09: Wagner releases statement on Bolling’s absence from revenue meeting Wednesday, Aug. 5 – Local News: Harrisonburg traffic alert – State News: ACLU of Virginia weighs in on sectarian…
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