The White House became La Casa Blanca on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and guests Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more. ...more

October 14, 2009

St. John's Episcopal Parish Day School students enjoyed a visit Nov. 21 from Jeff Robbins, a musician who perpetuates America's musical tradition, southern Appalachian music. Students participated by singing along and learned about playing the banjo, fiddle and other instruments. ...more

December 17, 2008

The experience of the Highlands County Concert Band joins forces with the enthusiasm of Sebring High School's top band students for a musical wonderland of holiday sounds at 7:30 p.m., Friday at the South Florida Community College Auditorium. ...more

December 11, 2008

Nature Coast Festival Singers will present three Christmas concerts featuring the Christmas Choruses from Handel's The Messiah and several other Christmas pieces. ...more

November 9, 2008

Donned in a crown and sash and carrying a bouquet of roses, Shari Beaubien looked more like a pageant queen than a school principal. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Donned in a crown and sash and carrying a bouquet of roses, Shari Beaubien looked more like a pageant queen than a school principal. The Chiles Elementary leader was treated to a surprise assembly Thursday so her students could wish her farewell. Beaubien, who has lead Chiles for the past seven years, is leaving to become the district's supervisor of elementary education. ...more

May 29, 2008

She calls it instant karma. That's the feeling surrounding a world premiere in Tampa today, when area music students give birth to a new work by noted American composer Augusta Read Thomas. ...more

May 18, 2008

Regarding "Official: Few At FSU Cheated" (Metro, Dec. 20): Something must be wrong with me. I can't seem to get excited about the news that some athlete-students at Florida State University cheated on an online music history course. Why an athlete needs to know anything about music history in the first place baffles me. Why not just let athletes be athletes, music students can study music history, and the other students can study subjects relevant to their major? After all, the athletes are only there to provide entertainment for the alumni, make money for the school, and allow the coaches to live the high life with their huge salaries. The athletes are not there to impress anyone with their musical knowledge. ...more

December 26, 2007

Some rock bands accelerate their tempos when they perform their old songs decades after the fact. Playing fast is a kind of armor: a refutation of the plain reality of aging - all that unregainable enthusiasm and lost muscle mass - and a hard block against a band's lessened cultural importance. ...more

December 13, 2007