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When internationally acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell first performed in Tallahassee in 2002, the Opening Nights performing arts series booked him at the DoubleTree Hotel in the heart of downtown.
Terrie Young has a playful personality, a sparkling smile and a love of the arts. An eighth-grader at Gretchen Everhart School, he uses a wheelchair to get from place to place but he also enjoys a more expressive type of movement.
No, it’s true: Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, whose coronation as the ”king and queen of banjo” would come courtesy of Paste magazine, met at a square dance. From there, the celebrated pickers began to collaborate, musically and otherwise, married, and became a Grammy-winning duo.
When Jimmy Webb arrived at Johnny Rivers Music in the mid-1960s, he had unrecorded songs in his pocket, including a ballad that Frank Sinatra would call the “best torch song ever written.” Rivers immediately recognized “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” as a stone cold hit. But with a song of his own, “Poor […]
The South African Gospel group paid a visit to Godby High School on Wednesday morning, singing selections from their program, honoring Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday.
When Mandy Harvey walked onto the stage at Opperman Music Hall, most of the elementary and middle school students clapped to welcome her. But some students raised their hands, spread their fingers and shook their hands back and forth — the American Sign Language symbol for applause.
Do not ask choir master Vincent “Shimmy” Jiyane about famous folks the Soweto Gospel Choir has worked with because, well, he has the answers.
A group of Leon County students on Friday got to enjoy a talk and performance by a very inspirational performer. Mandy Harvey who is deaf, rose to fame following her performance on America’s Got Talent.
Opening Nights Performing Arts at Florida State University returns for its 21st season. For more visit openingnights.fsu.edu
Nashville based musician A.J. Croce will perform a special musical set of his late father Jim Croce’s biggest hits.
