During the intermission of the October 29 Metropolitan Opera performance of Guillaume Tell, audience member Roger Kaiser tossed a white powder into the orchestra pit.
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NAMM Tec Awards Honor Joe Perry
The 2017 NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards will honor Aerosmith co-founder Joe Perry and his producer Jack Douglas. The NAMM Foundation announced October 27 that Perry will receive the Prestigious Les Paul Award given on behalf of the Les Paul Foundation to honor individuals who have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of recording technology in the spirit of audio pioneer and musician Les Paul.
Roland to Host 24-Hour Online Music Festival “The Future. Redefined.”
On August 23rd, Roland announced a 24-hour online music festival: “The Future. Redefined.” Over 30 new Roland products are scheduled to debut during the streaming event taking place in eight major cities around the world on September 9th.
Stravinsky’s Lost Manuscript Discovered 100 Years Later
One of Igor Stravinsky’s early orchestral works thought to be irretrievably lost was recently discovered. He composed the 12-minute piece, Pogrebal’naya Pesnya (Funeral Song), in honor of his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, around June 1908.