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When Theron Brown was an undergraduate jazz studies student at the University of Akron, the thought of performing George ...
One of the 20th century’s most enduring, endearing works of classical music, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” was written and premiered in 1924. This weekend, the Detroit Symphony ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s an all-American extravaganza this holiday weekend at Severance Music Center. With Thanksgiving now in the books and December approaching fast, The Cleveland Orchestra ...
Some words may be mispronounced. CBS News Sunday Morning recently presented a nice piece on the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” The actual anniversary was last ...
Rhapsody in Blue at 100, featuring acclaimed organist Frederick Hohman, D.M.A., presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton, will premiere the first full organ transcription of ...
Last year, Wu performed one movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and this year she played George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue” with the Boston Pops. Follow Boston.com on Instagram ...
"Rhapsody in Blue" was an instant success with Irving Berlin claiming that Gershwin was “the only songwriter I know who became a composer.” Join CPR Classical for a performance of Gershwin's ...
In 1924, Gershwin composed “Rhapsody in Blue” after a commission from bandleader Paul Whiteman. Many music critics posit the piece was a portrait of New York City in the Jazz Age. Overall ...
Next Saturday, Sept. 21, Wu will be the featured piano soloist in George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart. In a statement provided by the ...