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Deceptive Cadence
8:23 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Why The Atlanta Symphony Matters: Five Recordings For The Lockout

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Robert Spano conducts members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, who are currently in a lock out labor dispute.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 2:50 pm

With just a month to go before opening its 68th season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has gone silent. A bitter labor dispute between the ASO musicians and orchestra management has resulted in a lockout — meaning the players have literally been prevented from entering the Woodruff Arts Center and stripped of their salaries and health benefits.

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Arts
6:09 am
Thu September 6, 2012

Charlotte's Web To Become Part Of Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center

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After more than 40 years in Rockford as an independent organization, Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts is becoming a division of the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center.  

Charlotte’s Web for the Performing Arts has long been known for presenting an eclectic mix of folk, blues and other types of ‘roots’ music. For most of its 128 years, the focus of what is now the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center has been classical music.

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Music News
3:30 pm
Wed September 5, 2012

Music Is Everywhere: John Cage At 100

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John Cage during his 1966 concert at the opening of the National Arts Foundation in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 5:05 pm

OK, let's get the elephant out of the room right away. John Cage's most famous, or infamous, work is "4'33"," in which a musician walks onstage and sits at the piano for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.

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