Guarneri: Balancing act comes to the end 'This seemed like a natural ... - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pub. Date - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:07:00 GMT
For an image of refinement and civilization, consider the string quartet. Four people carry on a musical conversation via two violins, a viola and a cello. The cello introduces a theme, and the others embroider upon it. Violins blend in ethereal ...

Vienna director sick, but good music saves opera - WJLA
Pub. Date - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:11:00 GMT
VIENNA, Austria - Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera production of Charles Gounod's Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of wonderful singing and a powerful orchestral performance. On stage of course was ...

Lakeland High Grad Stars in Beyoncé Music Video - The Ledger
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:53:00 GMT
Eddie Goines II is about to become one of the most envied men on Earth. Beginning today, Goines' fellow males will sit before their TV sets and watch him play romantic foil to the glamorous Beyoncé Knowles in the video for her new single, "If I Were ...

Travis Barker Blogs From Hospital Bed - Launch.com
Pub. Date - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:07:00 GMT
Three weeks after narrowly surviving a Learjet plane crash that killed four people in South Carolina , including two of his pals, Travis Barker posted a message on his MySpace blog expressing gratitude for the outpouring of support he and fellow ...

The little church by the tennis courts - Daily Journal
Pub. Date - Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:51:00 GMT
DESLOGE '” When Nancy Steck rises to read the liturgy for worship at her church this morning and every Sunday morning, she remembers little girls in pretty pink dresses. Decades ago, she was one of them. 'œThere were 11 of us '” 9 girls and ...

On the Job: A passion for music - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:52:00 GMT
Even when a student musician hits a sour note, it's music to Sister M. Serafina Viagrande's ears. As head of instrumental music programs for schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh for 26 years, Serafina is living her life's dream of ...

Birdsong Family finds fun, fellowship in praise music - Daily Times
Pub. Date - Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:43:00 GMT
As with most Christians, Wendell Birdsong has found that it hasn't been easy to put self-will aside and live for God's will. After a hedonistic lifestyle playing in a San Francisco rock group, he swore off playing music in a band setting — and yet ...

A single voice pushes for safety in South L.A. - Los Angeles Times
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:58:00 GMT
I n the din of a million voices clamoring for attention, it is occasionally the quiet persistence of a single idea that emerges from the pack. I'm not sure that the efforts of Marsha Bolden, a disabled woman in South Los Angeles, will achieve what ...

American Bar-Goers Favor Obama for the White House Though McCain Makes ... - Forbes
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:32:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecast's interactive game-poll, White House Wallop, indicates that Democrat Barack Obama currently enjoys a narrowing lead over Republican John McCain thus far in the 2008 race for the presidency. Cumulative ...

The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Feature Chris Hillman's ... - Forbes
Pub. Date - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:49:00 GMT
GREEN BAY, Wis., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity feature Chris Hillman's "Drifting" as their October Song of the Month, with a free download at http://www.fscc-calledtobe.org/living/ on their "Franciscanized World ...