Tag: music
Council to consider Classical Movements permit
By Will Schick | [email protected]
The Planning Commission voted unanimously on March 2 to endorse a special use permit to allow Classical Movements, a classical...
Single complaint, lengthy permitting process jettison classical concert series
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
For six months during the pandemic, music was alive again in Alexandria. And then, suddenly, it wasn't.
At a time when...
“McCartney III” is worthy of Sir Paul
By Andrew Dunbar
In the twilight of the most harrowing year in recent memory, Paul McCartney chose to release the third and likely final installment...
Speak Easy features musician Jarreau Williams
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Times is kicking off its second year of the Speak Easy podcast with special guest Jarreau Williams, singer...
Your Views: ‘Sure on this Shining Night’
To the editor:
As citizens of Alexandria and our country, we wake up this November to a stark reality. With a tense election season barely...
Album Review: Gorillaz’ ‘Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez’
By Andy Dunbar
The genre-hopping virtual group Gorillaz returned with their latest LP, their first in two years last week, and it is their best...
Outcasts Brass Band jazzes up Old Town with creative fusion of...
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
If you have walked through Market Square on a weekend over the past two years, chances are you have heard...
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra announces grant winners
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra announced the seven recipients of its micro-grant program on Monday.
The grant-funded projects, which must be completed...
ASO attracts national recognition for pandemic programming
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra was recently featured in Symphony Magazine, a national trade publication in the classical music industry, for...
Outdoor classical music concert series finds a way forward for live...
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Where did all the music go?
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Northern Virginia in March, it was followed by a deafening...