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Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass Reunite for 'Visitors,' Now Showing at New York's Landmark Sunshine Cinema

Once again, Godfrey Reggio is up to his old visual tricks, abreast his old cinematic partner, composer Philip Glass. You'll recall, Reggio had taken a respite from film for some 10 years, only to resurface with Visitors--a tour-de-force lacking any dialogue that remains a...
Canada's Musicworks Magazine Announces 2013 Electronic Music Composition and "Sonic Geography" Writing Winners, Margaret Noble and Caitlin Smith

Musicworks magazine, Canada's foremost publication for "curious ears," recently picked winners for its 2013 Electronic Music Composition and "Sonic Geography" Writing contests.
UPDATE: 'Dancing With the Stars' Now Fires Music Director Harold Wheeler

If it weren't enough to have to tell his band to hit the road, now their leader must follow suit. Yup, Dancing With the Stars has announced that it has fired its music director, Harold Wheeler.
UPDATE: Jazz Saxophonist Rob Vineberg Implicated in Selling Heroin that Killed Philip Seymour Hoffman

The presence of heroin in the jazz has always proved staggering. It claimed the life of greats like Charlie Parker, and now, less than great saxophonist Robert Vineberg is suspected to have sold the lethal dose of heroin that took Philip Seymour Hoffman's life.
UPDATE: Mamoru Samuragochi's Ghostwriter, Takashi Niigaki, Contends "I Saw No Signs That He Could Not Hear"

It was recently reported that composer Mamoru Samuragochi--Japan's premier composer of Symphony No. 1 "Hiroshima"--admitted to paying a ghostwriter for his major works. As his hearing deteriorated, he claimed, it proved more difficult to compose adequately.
Ode to Fraud: Mamoru Samuragochi, "Japan's Beethoven," Admits to Buying His Most Acclaimed Compositions

Mamoru Samuragochi, known as the Japanese Beethoven, is facing a great deal of shame after confessing that he paid another composer to create many of his most iconic works.
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Your Black Classical Music History?

As Classicalite's favorite classical music radio station reminded us, the historian Carter G. Woodson chose the second week of February in 1926 to be deemed "Negro History Week" because the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14) occurred...
LISTEN: Pedro Bromfman's Score for 'RoboCop' Movie Released Early via Sony Music Soundtracks

As the clips below prove, the full score to RoboCop should be quite interesting (especially since Bromfman has scored many underground movies as well as the video game Max Payne 3.)
Duke Ellington's Jazz Opera 'Queenie Pie' Proves Difficult for the Stage, Just Not for Chicago Opera Theater

It wasn't enough for Duke Ellington to contribute some 3,000 songs to the Great American Fakebook. No, towards the end of his life, he began composing a jazz opera: Queenie Pie.
'Witness Uganda' Takes Home Another Richard Rogers Award for Production in Musical Theater, Opening Soon in Cambridge

Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews co-wrote Witness Uganda--a story of a young New York City local named Griffin who volunteers for a Ugandan project to try and change the world. The play, now, has garnered enough attention and praise to receive the coveted Richard Rogers ...
Irondale Ensemble, American Opera Projects Premiere 'Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom' and 'Color Between the Lines'

The Irondale Ensemble Project and American Opera Projects have partnered up for the Lines of Freedom Festival, which celebrates the lives and achievements of the African-American community. With two shows at the end of the month, Lines of Freedom focuses on the struggle for...
Dancing Without the Band: Hit Television Show 'Dancing With the Stars' Fires Live Orchestra, Replaced by Dubstep DJs?

The Dancing With the Stars band--known as the Harold Wheeler Orchestra and Singers--have been sent their final notice to pack up and move out. Instead of paying for a big band ensemble, the producers of DWTS have announced that they will replace the group with a "small
What's Up, Doc?: 'Back to the Future' Musical Premieres West End Run with Robert Zemeckis Book, Jamie Lloyd Directing

The Future fans have finally been heard. Perhaps one of the most insatiable fan bases to the cult classic Back to the Future will see the film on the center stage as Jamie Lloyd directs.
VIDEO: Renée Fleming Brings Down the 2014 Super Bowl House, Announces Juilliard Seminar

And Fleming won't stop there. To contend for Classicalite's "Busiest Opera Singer of the Year" award, she will hold a two-hour master class at her alma mater, the Juilliard School, on February 13.
Ornithology: Charlie Parker Gets His "Be-Bopera" Debut with Daniel Schnyder's 'Yardbird' in Philadelphia

Saxophone colossus Charlie Parker may finally get his operatic light. Opera Philadelphia has commissioned a "be-bopera" from Daniel Schnyder, and we are just too excited for that.
Feels So Good: Flugelhorn Virtuoso Chuck Mangione Releases Limited Edition 'My Funny Valentine' LP Gift Set

The great American fugelhorn player, Chuck Mangione, creator of the 1977 smash jazz-pop single "Feels So Good" is set to releases an LP just in time for the lover's holiday.
Herbie Hancock's Famous 'Head Hunters' Rediscovered on The Vinyl Factory's "Roots & Branches"

This go around, TVF explores Herbie Hancock's iconic Head Hunters (1973) LP and the various records that it influenced.
People's Diva Renée Fleming Singing Canned National Anthem with New Jersey Symphony for Super (Weed) Bowl XLVIII

We here in "New York City" are "lucky" enough to play host to Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII, featuring intellectual thug Richard Sherman and Skittle-loving beast Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks inevitably losing to Peyton "Ad Man" Manning's Denver Broncos. More...
Go Cocks: Duo Cortado, USC Guitarists Devin Shermin and Andy Jurik, Play George Fetner at Conundrum Music Hall

Formed in 2012, USC School of Music graduates Devin Shermin and Andy Jurik decided to explore their common interests, pursuing repertoire that compliments their style while inculcating their own talents. Go 'Cocks, indeed.
Rebecca Tomas' A Palo Seco Flamenco Company Performing One Night Only at (Le) Poisson Rouge

So, throw on some red, down dos cervezas and move along to (Le) Poisson Rouge in the West Village. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. showing. The first to come will be able to sit though the event. Seated tickets are $20. Those standing will pay a nominal $15.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov's 'The Monuments Men,' with Score by Alexandre Desplat, Opens February 7

While a trailer may not be the best indication of the film, the score may really be what lingers in the foreground, a notable and sympathetic piece that details the struggles, hardships and ultimate sacrifice dealt to our heroes as they work to unearth the classics.
David Bowie Pianist Mike Garson Talks Music as Neuroscience, 'Symphonic Suite for Healing' Unveiling in March

Garner's vision will come to fruition with the unveiling of his Symphonic Healing Suite concert at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 1.
Ennio Morricone, Composer to 'Django Unchained' and 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' Discusses Scores at BAMcinematek in March

Be it here or at the Barclays in Brooklyn, don't miss the event! Brooklyn Academy of Music members receive a $5 discount on all purchases so sign up at BAM.com today.
REVIEW: One World Symphony Premiere Sung Jin Hong's 'Breaking Bad--Ozymandias' at Church of the Holy Apostles

The duality of men and women serves as a profound topic in not only literature and metaphysics, but in the sense of the gender binary as well. In this case, in the sense of an orchestral composition, music, too, becomes capable of capturing the elements that divide our...
A.V. Club: D.I.Y. Purists R. Stevie Moore and Gary Wilson's Blind Dates Hit ISSUE Project Room with Broken Down Ambience

Last week Classicalite announced yet another performance at the ISSUE Project Room, a candid yet industrial work space located in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill. This time, R. Stevie Moore and Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates took the stage in what became an unexpected and...
Alabama Feeling: Arthur Doyle, Free Jazz Legend, Dead at 69

One of his earliest recordings, The Black Ark (1969), under alto saxophonist Noah Howard's leadership, ushered him onto the scene, yet subtly so. Though the time between his first and second recordings may not have garnered too much popular attention, his 1978 debut of
Berlin Philharmonic's Sir Simon Rattle, Age 60, Fathers Yet Another Child

Rattle, 60, already has two sons--Sacha and Eliot--from his first marriage to American soprano Elise Ross. His latest marriage to Czech mezzo-soprano, Magdalena Kožená, brought two more boys--Jonas and Milos. And now, another Rattle will soon enter rank.
WATCH: Metallica and Lang Lang Dominate All Other Grammy Performers with "One"

A more touching spectacle took place during the in memoriam segment--initiated by the first few bars of Lang Lang's Tchaik--despite misspelling Corey Monteith's name and excluding other revered names.
LISTEN: Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire's Oscar 2014 Nominee 'her' Soundtrack Contends for Best Original Score

If you need a break from the post-Grammy turpitude invading your television set, fret no more! Instead, let's discuss an Album of the Year winner and their recent endeavor on Spike Jonze's Oscar-worthy her.
Alexandre Desplat Keeps the Score for Wes Anderson's First Non-Pop OST, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Trailers for Wes Anderson's new film The Grand Budapest Hotel have recently circulated as un-skippable ads on YouTube and pre-film entertainment in movie theaters. The fantastic Mr. Anderson may appear to be immovable--in that his Futura technicolor has become