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		<title>Mason Bates and Anna Clyne awarded two year extension as CSO Mead Composers-In-Residence</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/02/01/mason-bates-and-anna-clyne-awarded-two-year-extension-as-cso-mead-composers-in-residence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Clyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hubbard Street Dance Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mason Bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mead Composers-in-residence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t say I’m surprised by the announcement because if you’ve ever heard the music by Mason Bates and Anna Clyne, it’s clear the pair have a music vision worth nurturing.  It’s exactly why Riccardo Muti decided to extend the terms for Bates and Clyne for an additional two seasons.  “I have been working on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Silly Snowball Fight</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/27/milwaukee-symphony-orchestras-silly-snowball-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/27/milwaukee-symphony-orchestras-silly-snowball-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Wonderland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was highly entertained by a recent TravelWisconsin.com commercial featuring the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra getting into a snowball fight while playing &#8220;Walking in a Winter Wonderland&#8220;. The ad is full of goofiness including fake snow being dumped on a French horn player, a musician getting clapped in the head with cymbals, and a harpist launching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8-year-old Girl&#8217;s Adorable Metal Video, &#8220;My First Hard-Core Song&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/27/8-year-old-girls-adorable-metal-video-my-first-hard-core-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rock/Heavy Metal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juliet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My First Hard-Core Song]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While browsing YouTube on Saturday night, I came across this adorable video posted by thetinaxo of eight-year-old Juliet rocking her first metal tune. In &#8220;My First Hard-Core Song&#8221;, Juliet sings about her love for her dog, Robert, and her stinky pet fish.  Given that I&#8217;m both a music teacher with students of this age and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violinist Perishes on Italian Cruise Ship; Odd Connection with Titanic Musicians</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/19/violinist-perishes-on-italian-cruise-ship-odd-connection-with-titanic-musicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Improvisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Concordia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hungarian violinist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian cruise ship disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandor Feher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titanic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the news about the tragic accident of the Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. As a violinist, I was especially saddened to hear that Hungarian violinist Sandor Feher was among the drowning victims.  According to a post on NYDailyNews.com, the 38-year-old was working on the ship as a member of the Bianco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA And PIPA Make a Poor Attempt to Protect Musicians?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-make-a-poor-attempt-to-protect-musicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-make-a-poor-attempt-to-protect-musicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Industry and Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musician Income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mutiny Within]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1.19.12: Several musicians, artists, authors, and other content creators have signed an open letter opposing SOPA and PIPA, which can be read at StopTheWall.us. If you haven’t heard about SOPA or PIPA by now, you’ve been hidden in cave or something, but today will be remembered the web went black protesting bills constructed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Leonard Cohen Track “Going Home” Premieres at The New Yorker</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/16/new-leonard-cohen-track-going-home-premieres-at-the-new-yorker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/16/new-leonard-cohen-track-going-home-premieres-at-the-new-yorker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musically Worded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Famous Lyricists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Going Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Yorker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are few musicians with notoriety and prestige as Leonard Cohen. His lyricism is acclaimed and equal to literary authors.  So when I received the news about The New Yorker premiering his new song, “Going Home” and publishing his lyrics in its January 23rd issue, it made perfect sense. Starting today, January 16, Cohen’s “Going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Symphony Violist&#8217;s Electrified Adventures with &#8220;The Symphony of Life&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/11/detroit-symphony-violists-electrified-adventures-with-the-symphony-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/11/detroit-symphony-violists-electrified-adventures-with-the-symphony-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola da Voce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pushing Musical Boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Mishnaevski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical crossover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric viola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Jordan music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock viola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuart Zaltz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symphony of Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Circles Music Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a story on the Calgary Herald about Detroit Symphony Orchestra principal violist Alexander Mishnaevski&#8217;s collaboration with keyboardist Stuart Zaltz as the rock duo Two Circles Music Co. Their newly released album, Symphony of Life, fuses Mishnaevski&#8217;s classical music background and love of jazz violin with Zaltz&#8217;s passion for 70s progressive rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send Positive Vibes to Tony Iommi to Help Beat Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/10/send-positive-vibes-to-tony-iommi-to-help-beat-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/10/send-positive-vibes-to-tony-iommi-to-help-beat-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock/Heavy Metal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Sabbath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lymphoma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, according to a statement on his website on Monday. “With the news that Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, his bandmates would like everyone to send positive vibes to the guitarist at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maurices Partners with Evanescence To Find Band For SXSW Showcase</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/09/maurices-partners-with-evanescence-to-find-band-for-sxsw-showcase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/09/maurices-partners-with-evanescence-to-find-band-for-sxsw-showcase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Improvisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evanescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hometown Sound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maurices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PlayNetwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonicbids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the holidays are done, it’s time start thinking about…SXSW?  The mega festival that brings together the digerati with musicians and film geeks will be here sooner than you think.  I can’t say I know anything about maurices, it’s a clothing store for women, but they have partnered with Sonicbids and PlayNetwork to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adios 2011, Greetings 2012 (I Think) And Some JibJab</title>
		<link>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/01/adios-2011-greetings-2012-i-think-and-some-jibjab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/01/adios-2011-greetings-2012-i-think-and-some-jibjab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Contrapuntist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Improvisations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! 2011 was one heck of year, wouldn&#8217;t you agree? Between Charlie Sheen, Middle East unrest, the downfall of Osama Bin Laden, the tragic nuclear disaster in Japan, it was an eventful year.  The true 2011 bright spot was the abundance of awesome tunes from Megadeth, Dream Theater, Mastodon, Chickenfoot, Anthrax and several [...]]]></description>
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