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In the silent film days, live music always accompanied movies, and movies were events. "Over the years, theaters got smaller," said Steve Linder. "Then, people started watching it on their television.
The first Beloit International Film Festival was presented at a half-dozen venues throughout Beloit's downtown area. It started as a long weekend, with social events going into the night. One of the earliest events was the Silent Film Showcase, presenting films from the silent era accompanied by music performed by the local symphony orchestra.
There were 1,224 symphony orchestras in the United States as of 2014. Some U.S. orchestras maintain a full 52-week performing season, but most are small and have shorter seasons. Some U.S. orchestras maintain a full 52-week performing season, but most are small and have shorter seasons.
“Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony,” a multi-media concert experience designed to pair the country-pop superstar’s song catalog with local orchestras, has announced performances ...
The Allentown Symphony Orchestra is a major regional symphony orchestra based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1951, the orchestra's current home is the historic, 1200-seat Miller Symphony Hall, located in downtown Allentown. The orchestra has the distinction of being the smallest symphony in the United States to own its own performance ...
Aug. 18—ELKHART — Single-concert tickets for the Elkhart County Symphony's 76th season will go on sale at 10 a.m. today and be available for purchase at The Lerner Theatre Box Office and ...
It was followed in 1935 by the Young People's Symphony Orchestra in Berkeley, California, which describes itself as the second oldest independent youth symphony in the country. [5] By 1963, Life magazine counted about 15,000 youth orchestras in the country and noted that they were producing music of a caliber that could appeal to adult ...
In April 2023, the orchestra brought together local bounce legend Big Freedia to perform with the orchestra. [9] This was the first time that a bounce artist performed with an orchestra. This concert was also recorded and released as a live album on April 19, 2024 as Big Freedia's first live album titled Big Freedia with the Louisiana ...