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Music

Fleezanis to step down from Minn. Orchestra

Fleezanis to step down from Minn. Orchestra

Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis will step down from her position in 2009.
by Euan Kerr

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New Classical Tracks: Dances with irresistible Latin flair

New Classical Tracks: Dances with irresistible Latin flair

After making a splash with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra recordings of Beethoven and Mahler, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel follows up with something a little spicier.
by Valerie Kahler

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Media analyst weighs in on Best Buy/Napster deal

Media analyst weighs in on Best Buy/Napster deal

Today, Best Buy announced a move to buy into the digital music business. The Richfield-based electronics retailer is planning to acquire Napster for about $121 million. To talk more about the Best Buy/Napster deal Tom Crann talked to Aram Sinnreich, a media industry analyst and NYU professor.
by Tom Crann

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Best Buy to acquire Napster

Best Buy to acquire Napster

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. said Monday it will acquire online music-sharing site Napster Inc. for about $126.8 million in cash, in a move to boost its digital media capabilities.

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Songs for the lovelorn

Songs for the lovelorn

For centuries, lovelorn souls have written letters addressed to "Juliet, Verona, Italy." They're writing to the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A production at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis takes a musical and theatrical look at "The Juliet Letters."
by Marianne Combs

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Dance hits rock bottom with unique setting of 'Ocean'

Dance hits rock bottom with unique setting of 'Ocean'

If you are a modern dance lover, the place to be this weekend is the bottom of a quarry in central Minnesota. Thousands of people will travel to St. Cloud to see the Merce Cunningham Dance Company perform "Ocean" on a specially constructed-stage, 150-feet below ground level.
by Euan Kerr

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Slideshow: People and design behind 'Ocean'

Slideshow: People and design behind 'Ocean'

The stage and set design for the production of "Ocean." The stage and seating is built into the bottom of a rock quarry near St. Cloud, Minn.
by Euan Kerr

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The self-described Forrest Gump of comedy

The self-described Forrest Gump of comedy

Actor Taylor Negron has appeared in more than 100 movies and many TV shows. Now he's telling many of these stories in a show called "Satellites," which he'll perform this weekend in Minneapolis.
by Euan Kerr

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VocalEssence celebrates its 40th season

VocalEssence celebrates its 40th season

Minnesota is one of the best places in the country to hear choral music. There are many reasons why. At the top of the list of choral music movers is Minneapolis' Philip Brunelle, who founded VocalEssence four decades ago.

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SPCO kicks off 50th season

SPCO kicks off 50th season

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is kicking off its 50th anniversary season this weekend. The opening concerts are tonight and tomorrow at the Ordway Center.
by Karl Gehrke

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