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Referendum explainer

What you need to know about all the questions you’ll have to answer
There are seven statewide referendum questions on the November 3 ballot.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF  |  October 28, 2009
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He is a real composer

And don't you try to tell Joshua Newton otherwise
Joshua Newton wants you to know he doesn't write classical music.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  October 07, 2009
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Classical inheritance

Two fixtures hand over the reins to a younger generation
A teacher told me years ago that someday "you young people will inherit classical music. Then you can do with it what you want." And so I've been waiting.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  September 30, 2009
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It's not simple

Talking stories, sex, and children with author Diana Joseph
Diana Joseph's new essay collection I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother and Friend to Man and Dog begins with an account of her father giving her the sex talk: "When a girl goes with this one, and then that one, and then that one over there ... what happens is people will start to talk.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  June 03, 2009

Letters To the Portland Editor: May 8, 2009

A great view of equality
The April 22 hearing on marriage equality at the Augusta Civic Center was historic, important, and, on balance, a wonderful thing.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS  |  May 06, 2009
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Play-by-play

On the front lines at the gay-marriage hearing
On the front lines at the gay-marriage hearing
By DEIRDRE FULTON + EMILY PARKHURST  |  April 30, 2009

Mountains, not windmills

Portland Phoenix Letters: February 27, 2009
I just read your article (" Transmission Troubles ," by Deirdre Fulton, February 13) in the Portland Phoenix, great article.
By Portland Phoenix Letters  |  February 25, 2009
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Arts and culture go begging

The Portland Symphony Orchestra loses some signature events.
The Portland Symphony is in trouble. The unresolved dominant-seventh chord — a $2 million loss over the past eight years, and a possible shortfall of $220,000 this year alone — would be a setback for any company. But for the symphony, this is more than that.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  February 11, 2009

Not the only ones

Portland Museum of Art in financial trouble
For the February 1 start of its fiscal year, the Portland Museum of Art laid off six people — three of them full-time staffers.
By JEFF INGLIS  |  February 11, 2009
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The show goes on

Soprano Renée Fleming visits the PSO
Soprano Renée Fleming visits the PSO
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  February 11, 2009
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Like a fine wine

Pianist Laura Kargul joins the Portland String Quartet for a birthday party.
To celebrate the group's 40th anniversary, the Portland String Quartet will have a good time playing some favorites, but also will push themselves with some of the most difficult works they perform. They'll have help from renowned pianist Laura Kargul, who will join in for one of the three program selections.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  February 04, 2009
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Beyond tradition

Two concerts seek fresh ears for 'classical' music
On December 6 the University of Southern Maine Composers' Showcase will offer selections from new composers for eclectic ensembles, and on December 8 the Decompression Chamber Music Ensemble will offer an interactive concert pairing Robert Schumann with Philip Glass.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  December 03, 2008
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Expressions of war

Don't miss the Takács Quartet at UNH
One of the best string quartets in the world will be within a D-string's distance from Portland, come Monday night.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  November 12, 2008
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‘New music’ agenda

Modern works performed by the Bayside Trio
The Bayside Trio push the boundaries of modern classical music, performing works by living or recent composers.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  October 22, 2008
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Double duty DJ

That landmark new work the Portland Symphony's playing? The composer's DJ-ing at SPACE.
Electronica DJ Masonic, who will be performing October 5 at SPACE Gallery, has an alter ego. He is also classical music composer Mason Bates.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  September 24, 2008
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New beginnings

Classical music comes alive this fall
Step into any classical music rehearsal space right now and you can almost taste the excitement.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  September 10, 2008
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A classical end to summer

Bay Chamber Concerts presents three last summer shows
For the next two weeks the Bay Chamber Concert Series will present the end of their Summer Music Festival with three exciting concerts well worth the drive to Camden-Rockport area.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  August 20, 2008
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Crowded stage

Ballet showcase grows and grows
Portland Ballet Company will present its annual Portland Dances! New Works Showcase, a sampler of original jazz, modern, point, and experimental choreography.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  August 27, 2008
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Star-cross’d singers

PORTOpera's Romeo et Juliette
French Romantic-era composer Charles Gounod’s version of the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet is the most famous operatic setting.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  July 23, 2008
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Beethoven summer

At the Bowdoin International Music Festival
The only music festival in Maine to be mentioned in the New York Times "Summer Stages" segment, this spectacular music fest can be appreciated by classical connoisseurs and novices alike.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  June 18, 2008
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Soul-searching

Local organist finds his heart in Ecuador
From January to April, Portland’s municipal organist Ray Cornils was in Ecuador performing.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  June 11, 2008
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In with a bang

An interview with incoming Portland Symphony director Robert Moody
It’s only in classical music that we shy away from the new. In theater and popular music something more than seven years old is too old.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  April 30, 2008
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Musical time-travel

A Baroque program with the DaPonte String Quartet
Powdered wigs may be fashion-forward, as Portland's State Street Church becomes a time machine, transporting the audience back to the early 1700s.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  March 26, 2008
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Breaking boundaries

Speaking with the New England Dance Project
Expanding the range of venues for artistic dance in southern Maine, the City Theater in Biddeford will host the second annual New England Dance Project on March 29.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  March 19, 2008
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Elitism is dead

Long live classical-music elitism
There is nothing more elitist than suggesting a genre is over average people’s heads.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  March 05, 2008
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Quartet for a very long time

Catch the PSQ before they head out on tour
Any opportunity to see Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major performed by musicians of this caliber should always be taken.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  February 27, 2008
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Prodigal daughter

The future of classical music is here
When pianist Anastasia Antonacos walks into the coffee shop for our interview, it is clear even without a piano in the room why she has been so successful.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  January 23, 2008
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Piano movers and shakers

Relocations
Suddenly working through lunch on a Thursday seems out of the question.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  January 16, 2008
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Dancing about architecture

Alex Ross’s The Rest Is Noise
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, as the famous saying suggests, then Alex Ross is the Lord of the Dance.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  December 19, 2007
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Holiday favorites

Revive the tradition
For many of us, the holidays would not be the same without the familiar melodies and musical traditions we’ve grown to love.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  November 28, 2007

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