The Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Daily Journal)
A new voice instructor, Vanessa Swedenburg, has joined Harmony Studios in Fergus Falls. Vanessa, a North Dakota native, studied voice, saxophone and oboe at Northern State University on music and academic scholarships.

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Chamber Players intrigue with off-center performance (Louisville Courier-Journal)
You can always count on the Kentucky Center Chamber Players to program something apart from the ordinary. Yesterday afternoon's concert, which opened the ensemble's season at the University of Louisville School of Music, typified how it manages to be intriguingly off-center.

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The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed (Pitchfork)
It doesn't give us any great pleasure to reinforce the rockcrit cliché that money, fame, and happiness are inhibitors to great work, but without any kind of turmoil to deconstruct, friction to rub up against, or confusion to keep him humble, Mike Skinner has turned a bit cringe-inducing. read more

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Symphony to capture morning magic in 'Chasing Light' (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
This weekend, the Honolulu Symphony will be the third orchestra to perform my new work, "Chasing Light ..." The world premiere was just last week with the superb Reno Chamber Orchestra in Nevada.

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