LIMA — When Karl W. Beach died in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 69 in June 1985, The Lima News noted in his obituary that he had retired from Westinghouse Electric Corp. and also had been a teacher ...

It was in November 1936 that the Midland Civic Orchestra performed its first concert at the Midland Community Center with Vernon A. Stenger as conductor. Soloist listed was Gwendolyn Bennett Pike, ...

Ron Ricketts didn't stop surprising his family. "We just learned," said daughter Miriam Queensen, "that back in 1956, he played the baritone horn on a Miles Davis record." Ricketts, who was the second ...

Singer and pianist Michael Cavanaugh once saw himself as a piano bar kind of guy until he was discovered by the ultimate “Piano Man” and his career turned into something quite different. Cavanaugh was ...

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski's rare appearances at the podium of the Minnesota Orchestra, of which he is conductor laureate, are cherished occasions, a mix of the familiar, the astonishing and significant ...

With the largest student orchestra in the history of the Ethel M. Barber Theatre, an LED-lined set design and 1960s-inspired dance numbers, “Sweet Charity” is bringing a hybrid of jazz and classic ...

Among bandleader Stan Kenton's many ensembles, surely none has given rise to as many differences of opinion--pro and con--as the Mellophonium Orchestra of the early 1960s. Audiences generally loved ...

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States, the University of Minnesota won college football’s national championship and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski became music director of the ...

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Film with live orchestra conducted by original composer George S. Clinton Experience Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, a film that spawned ...