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• CSO review: A joyous and all-too-rare evening of Spanish and Latin American music 24 May 2019 15:46 Chicago Tribune Music of Spain and Latin America doesn’t often dominate Chicago Symphony Orchestra programs. Rarer still is such an evening featuring two works new to the CSO subscription concerts. So anyone who values this music had a great deal to look forward to …
• Canada's music community remembers Derek Holman 24 May 2019 15:32 CBC Canada's classical and church music communities are mourning the loss of Derek Holman, the accomplished Toronto-based organist, conductor and composer, who died on May 20 at the age of 88. Holman was born and educated in the U.K., where he was master …
• New Kidjo and N’Dour Albums for Music Collectors 24 May 2019 15:22 Business Daily Friday, May 24, 2019 15:45 By BILL ODIDI Angelique Kidjo a singer. PHOTO | COURTESY  There is plenty to celebrate this month for collectors of African music as two of the continent’s biggest international stars have both released exceptional new albums. …
• Snap in talks so that users can include music in their messages - report 24 May 2019 15:12 Telecompaper Snap is looking for more rights to music catalogues so that its users can include music in their Snapchat messages, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Snap has in the past secured case-by-case licenses for music on …
• Music inspired by a survivor of the Nazis wins international recognition 24 May 2019 14:54 University of Cambridge News BBC Radio 3 have selected a new orchestral composition by the Music Faculty’s Reader in Composition, Richard Causton to represent the UK at the annual International Rostrum of Composers to be broadcast across 27 countries worldwide. The Rostrum is run in …
• An Improved Music Experience May Be Coming To Snapchat 24 May 2019 14:23 Benzinga Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) is in talks with major record labels to expand the ways users can include music in posts on its Snapchat app, according to The Wall Street Journal.  Snap shares were trading up by 4.23 percent at $11.59 at the time of publication …
• Alan Cross’ weekly music picks: Some Sting, some Morrissey — and happy World Goth Day 24 May 2019 13:57 Global News It’s the Memorial Day long weekend in the U.S. and a few releases have been timed for the occasion. Interesting to hear from some familiar names again, too. Here are my picks for this week. 1. Sting, My Songs Sting isn’t usually short of new ideas (cf. his …
• Snap in Talks to License Music to Let Snapchat Users Embed... 24 May 2019 13:53 Stamford Advocate Photo: Valentin Wolf/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock Photo: Valentin Wolf/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock Photo: Valentin Wolf/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock Snap in Talks to License Music to Let Snapchat Users Embed Songs in …
• Behind-the-scenes at Skylight Music Theater's 'Kiss Me Kate' - WISN 12 News 24 May 2019 13:48 Google
• Old Sap to bring well-traveled music to Boone 24 May 2019 13:47 Mountain Times Chris Kammerer grew up in the big Midwestern city of Chicago as a kid who loved acting and the arts. He eventually went to Washington University in St. Louis where he studied acting and wrote poetry. While there, he took the top prize of the A.E. Hotchner …