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The Choral Arts Society announced that Scott Tucker will succeed Norman Scribner to lead the University’s choruses. Norman Scribner will be retiring at the end of the season from the chorus that he created 46 years ago.

Scott Tucker has been named as being the brand new artistic director of the Choral Arts Society, Tucker will succeed Norman Scribner, 76, who's retiring at the end of the year, forty-six years after he started the chorus.

Scott Tucker has been named as the new artistic director of the Choral Arts Society, Tucker will succeed Norman Scribner, 76, who is retiring at the end of the year 46 years after he founded the chorus. After Scribner announced his intention to retire back in August 2010 the Society began their search for a successor which ended up turning into a demanding international search that drew close to 80 applicants. Each of the four finalists this season came in to work with the 170 member amateur chorus and chair of the board Barbara Rossotti was impressed with Tucker as soon as she witnessed his first rehearsal, stating that Mr. Tucker's rapport with our singers was evidenced by their immediate and inspired response to this direction.

Following the naming of Scott Tucker as the Artistic Director for The Choral Arts Society of Washington, one of the nation’s leading symphonic choruses, the site decided to add choral music content to meet what it views as a void in coverage.

Liberal Fix Radio Begins One Hour Format with Guest Green Candidate Andrew Straw Liberal Fix Radio, the latest project from Bimrose Progressive Media, began their longer one hour format with guest, Indiana Green Party candidate Andrew Straw.

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Online guitar teacher Tom Hess and Firewolfe guitarist Nick Layton have announced the release of a special online resource to help guitarists create better guitar solos.

Confirming Facebook posts earlier this week, British glam rock sensations, The Darkness would like to officially announce their Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Australian 2012 tour dates.

Reunion Blues is expanding its award-winning RB Continental guitar and bass case line with a striking new all-black design. Dubbed the "Midnight Series", these new cases still utilize the same drop-tested construction that has made the line so dependable for travel, but also features numerous design refinements incorporating user feedback gathered over the last two years.

New company, Artist Crush is an all inclusive artist branding company focusing its efforts on packaging aspiring artists to get them label ready. Artist Crush founding member Henry L. Tatum Jr. has come a long way on his journey to starting this company. Almost half his adult life Henry, also known as Cryptoknyght Campaign, spent doing time in various state and federal jails for a number of different offenses. There may have been a time he even doubted his ability to turn things around. But as it proves having faith in his abilities and himself he’s been able to do just that. With the support of people around him he was able to help start Artist Crush and look forward to a life with no bars but legitimate dollar signs.

Some of the biggest stars have been discovered in Hollywood, California. That one in a million kind of person who has the “it” everyone is looking for, the whole package. On this night in the VIP club above Avalon (Bardot), many would agree that a new star emerged and her name is Nadine Casanova.

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Mindful Talent recording artist MC Yogi will release his highly anticipated sophomore album, Pilgrimage, on June 19, 2012. A prolific MC and genre-bending musician, Yogi draws from his life’s journey—a high school drop-out graffiti artist who reemerged as a student of Hindu philosophy, a revered yoga teacher, an icon for the alternative lifestyle movement—to offer a refreshing and inspirational sound. The album is appropriately titled for the sacred musical journey it offers listeners, offering up a global sonic tapestry from dancehall to Bollywood, reggae to hip-hop, Raga to soul.

The song “F - - - The IRS” by the indie band, Cutting Edge is an ‘in-your-face’ protest song against the I.R.S. that Cutting Edge is riding as a wave of growing popularity to the doors and halls of Washington D.C. Despite the title of the song, it contains no profanity, just good rock music that reminds one of the protest movements in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The song is a call for people to stand up against the growing deficit and out of control spending in Washington D.C. In America today, we are looking at the Occupy Wall Street Movement and other such movements continuing through the summer in the United States and around the world. Government is not responding to the needs of the people and the growing deficit is out of control; and with it being an election year, 2012 could be a ‘year of change’. “F - - - The IRS” is a song that speaks to the politicians from the hearts of most Americans today and could become the anthem for such change.

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Surenda – The Promise Land is the new album from Rapper Surenda. Surenda brings a positive but real look at life on The Promise Land.

Following complaints from residents of Mayfair, it seems that Westminster City Council is on the verge of scrapping one of London’s biggest open-air music festivals – Hyde Park.

Military Wives Choir members said they were still “pinching themselves” as they announced their Christmas number one single had raised more than half a million pounds for charity. The song Wherever You Are, which used lines from the wives’ love letters to their husbands serving in Afghanistan, was the fastest-selling charity single since Elton John’s Candle In The Wind in 1997, the Official Charts Company confirmed. Managing Director of Cascade, a sales and marketing company, said “Here at Cascade, we believe in success from within. The military wives’ success in raising £500,000 is incredible and all down to how they feel. Their lyrics, which are taken from letters they wrote to their husbands is a prime example of success from within.”

New York...Iconic and Grammy Award-nominated a cappella ensemble SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK will premiere their first ever orchestral collaboration, “Symphony 10: Affirmations for a New World,” with music composed by William C. Banfield and lyrics written by the ensemble members: Ysaye M. Barnwell, Carol Maillard, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, and Louise Robinson, with the National Symphony Orchestra at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on April 13-14, 2012. The premiere performances will be conducted by Thomas Wilkins with the Morgan State University Choir, directed by Eric Conway. Both shows are slated to begin at 8 PM.

Independent record label As I Am Records today announced the release of a new single, “99%,” from internationally acclaimed hip hop artist Absoloot. The single is part of his new four-track EP, “Our Way,” which is slated for release on March 23, 2012. The highly anticipated “Our Way” marks Absoloot’s third studio release since 2006.

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Yamaha Artist Services Indianapolis expands its roster with the signing of several diverse, gifted and highly accomplished musical artists: trombonists Reggie Young and David Finlayson, violinist David Ragsdale and crossover classical music sensation 2CELLOS.

Yamaha Artist Services Indianapolis congratulates internationally renowned trumpet soloist and Yamaha artist, Jens Lindemann, whose most recent CD, Dreaming of the Masters, has just earned the coveted titles “Solo CD of the Year” and “Solo Recording of the Year” by the popular website, 4barsrest and famed magazine, British Bandsmen, respectively. Lindemann favors a range of Yamaha horns including the YTR-9335VS and collaborated on the development of the YTR-988.

Home, a nonprofit agency fighting poverty and homelessness in Wake County, will host “My Story, My Song,” an evening of entertainment with country music star Jimmy Wayne on Friday, April 13 from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Marriott Downtown Raleigh – State Ballroom, located at 500 Fayetteville St. During the event, Wayne will provide special music, as well as share his journey from homeless teen to country music success story. Wayne, a native of Kings Mountain, N.C., is a survivor of homelessness and a staunch advocate for homeless youth. To overcome his difficulties, he turned to music, and has now experienced success with several country hits, including the three-week #1 country hit “Do You Believe Me Now,” as well as “I Love You This Much” and his cover of the 1976 Hall and Oates classic, “Sara Smile.” He is also the author of a novella, Paper Angels.

The band Rhapsody Of Fire has just announced its American and Canadian tour dates as part of their world concert tour. This is the first ever headlining tour in North America for Rhapsody Of Fire. Better than expected VIP ticket sales suggest that many of these concerts may sell out quickly.