Music

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OA: Rock Cesario Column April 03, 2009

I am pleased to tell you that the incredible new Roper Music Ballroom is opening tonight with an equally incredible show when Tom Russell brings his visionary songwriting back to the Grand Valley. I have been a fan of Tom Russell for 21 ...

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Briefs: OA Road Trip April 03, 2009

Here’s a look at some big shows and events coming to Colorado and Utah in the near future. •  Arlo Guthrie & the Burns Sisters — Boulder Theater, Boulder, April 12. •  Amon Amarth with Goatwhore, ...

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Briefs: OA Fran Cosmo April 03, 2009

Back in the spotlight, back-to-Boston basics: former Boston lead singer Fran Cosmo and a backing band bring classic rock hits to the Avalon Theatre on Saturday, April 4. Cosmo performed and recorded music with Boston, a band originally ...

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Briefs: Palisade Festival Lineup April 03, 2009

The lineup of performers for the Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Music Festival on June 12–14 is out. Here’s who is playing at the festival’s new venue in west Riverbend Park in Palisade: Cadillac Sky from Texas, The Kruger ...

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OA: Samantha Stiles Column April 03, 2009

Dirty, exhausted and hung-over musicians in sweat-stained T-shirts already have packed up their vans and hit the road on the rest of their spring tour stops since the annual South by South West (SXSW) music festival ended March 21. All of the ...

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OA: Ryan Anthony to perform at TrumpetFest

As a teenager, trumpeter Ryan Anthony captured the national spotlight by winning a highly publicized Seventeen magazine, General Motors National Concerto Competition in 1987. It’s the award that “started it all,” he ...

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Briefs: OA Piano Festival March 27, 2009

The annual Festival for Creative Pianists should inspire versatility, embellishment and improvisation from participants. Competing are 20 pianists from Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. All are ages 19 and younger. Festival founder and director ...

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Briefs: OA Born in France March 27, 2009

Four brilliant and young, award-winning musicians will come together for two Western Slope Chamber Music Series concerts. “Quatuor Cornichons” is made up of cellist Gabe Mientka; violist Stephanie Mientka; and violinists Hanna ...

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Briefs: OA Opera Auditions March 27, 2009

The High Desert Opera is having open auditions on Sunday, March 29, for its July production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Sorcerer.”  There are eight principle roles open: four male roles (various ages) and four ...

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OA: Rock Cesario Column March 27, 2009

Friday, April 3, is your chance to see, in my opinion, one of America’s greatest singer/songwriters when Tom Russell brings his immense talents to the Roper Ballroom in downtown Grand Junction. David Letterman says Russell is ...

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