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Front glass doorway of the Cobb County Civic Center

Music May 25, 2023

Streaming video from Cobb’s Jenny Anderson Theatre wins Telly Award for Best Long-Form Entertainment

The Telly Awards announced that the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre’s streaming production of THE WILD PARTY has received a Telly Award for Best Long-Form Entertainment. The Telly Awards recognize excellence…

Poster for the GSO's performances of Carmina Burana

Music May 11, 2023

Georgia Symphony Orchestra will cap off season with two performances of Carmina Burana

The Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra distributed the following press release about the conclusion of their 72nd season: Marietta, GA, May 8, 2023 – The Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) will celebrate the conclusion…

Music April 24, 2023

Five students from Cobb County among young performers in chamber music concert next Sunday

Five students from four high schools in Cobb County: Kell, Lassiter, Marietta, and Walton, will participate in a prestigious concert next Sunday. On April 30 at 3 p.m., Franklin Pond…

Black-and-white photo of a young Andrew Young

Music February 20, 2023

Andrew Young to keynote the Georgia Symphony Orchestra Celebrity Luncheon fundraiser

Andrew Young Jr., civil rights icon and former ambassador to the United Nations, congressman and mayor of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker at Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra‘s annual Celebrity…

Two side-by-side photos. On the left, Okorie “OkCello” Johnson playing a cello with his eyes closed but facing upward and on the right Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) Music Director and Conductor Timothy Verville directing the orchestra

Music January 11, 2023

Atlanta cellist-songwriter Okorie “OkCello” Johnson and GSO Music Director and Conductor Timothy Verville present their composition “Liminal: an Atlanta Concerto”

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra issued the following press release about their upcoming performance of “Liminal: an Atlanta Concerto” by Atlanta cellist-songwriter Okorie “OkCello” Johnson and Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) Music…

A diverse group of young men on a city street

Music November 28, 2022

KSU’s College of the Arts to complete fall semester with a wide variety of performances

The Kennesaw State University College of the Arts issued the following news release highlighting a variety of performances to close out the fall semester: KENNESAW, Ga. (Nov. 8, 2022) ––…

musical notation -- a treble clef sign and two eighth notes D and E ascending in pitch

Music November 20, 2022

Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift’s songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Plath

by Elizabeth Scala, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Unusual Courses is an occasional series from…

Music October 26, 2022

Kennesaw State’s music business program receives high ranking by Billboard Magazine

The following article is reprinted from the Kennesaw State University website: Kennesaw State University’s Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business program (MEBUS) has again caught the attention of Billboard…

Music October 19, 2022

How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of ‘imitatio’ to craft some of the most original songs of his time

by Raphael Falco, University of Maryland, Baltimore County [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the course of six decades, Bob Dylan steadily brought together popular…

Music October 12, 2022

The Triumphant Return: The story of Endre Jenkins and his musical journey

by Niles Curry After Hurricane Katrina forced high school band student Endre Jenkins to relocate to Atlanta, the band room of Pebblebrook High School would change his life and music…

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