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Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) is the world's longest-running series devoted to contemporary classical music. The concert series, based in Los Angeles, was originally envisioned as a forum for displaced European emigrés and Hollywood studio musicians. MEC has presented contemporary concerts continuously since.
7 September – Anthony Checchia, American classical music administrator, 94 [422] 20 September – Richard Dyer, American classical music critic, 82 [423] 29 September – Rohan de Saram, UK-born Sri Lankan cellist, 85 [424] 6 October – Dominic Cossa, American baritone, 89 [425] 7 October – Amaury du Closel, French composer and conductor ...
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic is a professional orchestra based in Southern Colorado. The current music director is Josep Caballé Domenech . [ 1 ] The Philharmonic performs at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado , and offers several series each season, including classical and pops music.
The major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the Medieval (500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) era, played at early music festivals; the common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1830), and Romantic eras (1804–1910), which included opera ...
Strings Music Festival is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization and operates with the support of sponsors and individual donors. Strings Music Festival hosts more than 90 classical and non-classical music events the majority of which take place in eight weeks every summer from June to August. Concerts are also presented in other months of the year.
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28 September – The Los Angeles Master Chorale announces the appointment of Scott Altman as its next president and chief executive officer, effective 2 January 2024. [149] 29 September – The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Edward Gazouleas as the next director of the Tanglewood Music Center, effective 31 May 2024. [150]
The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival also donated a percentage of proceeds to Los Angeles animal rescue groups. The festival was started in 2007 as an annual festival but was on hiatus during 2008 and was scheduled to return in 2009, although the latter event never materialized. As of 2015, it is on indefinite hiatus due to financial challenges.