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Arts District: City Music, Busy Music

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Published April 14, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

And more local arts news ... by Michael Gill ... It's a busier than usual performance week for CityMusic. In addition to the ensemble's regular program conducted by Gregory Vajda, the ensemble will perform a second program especially for kids. Directed by Damon Gupton, they'll play Prokofiev's classic introduction to the orchestra, Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Steve Moretti. Also on the program: Rossini's overture to the opera Tancredi. It's at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 17, at Fairmount

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MATT HAIMOVITZ IS COMPLICATED

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 10:55 a.m.

It's amazing what you can say just by juxtaposition. For example, that cello virtuoso and occasionally straight up trippy musician Matt Haimovitz—as seen here ... is performing this cello concerto (Shostakovich No. 1, as seen here with Tina Guo and the State of Mexico National Symphony) ... for free with City Music Cleveland in churches around town this weekend ... I heard him Wednesday night at Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights. You like heavy metal? You think words like

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Whole Lotta Shakin' at Nighttown

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Published May 1, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.
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Roots of American Music (ROAM) was conceived in 1999 by local musician and Fairmount School of Music founder/executive director Kevin Richards to tap into the talents of area musicians to use music to teach about American culture and history ... The nonprofit group works with schools that frequently don’t have the resources for the residency programs ROAM offers ... To support the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the group is sponsoring Whole Lotta Shakin’, a multi-course sit-down

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