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More Articles from Music Information: MORE RESOURCES: Site: Yahoo! News Search Results for music Seattle Symphony music director stepping down (AP via Yahoo! News) Gerard Schwarz, who brought the Seattle Symphony to prominence as music director since 1985, is stepping down in three years. Nominees for Latin and Country Music Honors (New York Times) Nominees for the Latin Grammy Awards and the Country Music Association Awards were announced on Wednesday. Chesney up for seven music awards (BBC News) US singer Kenny Chesney is nominated for seven prizes by the Country Music Association (CMA). SmartMusic 11 music learning software released (Macworld) SmartMusic 11 music learning software adds easier setup, hundreds of new compositions and more. Kenny Chesney tops country music award nominations (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Kenny Chesney, country music's reigning "entertainer of the year," received seven nominations for the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. RACHEL MAY: Metro Music Expo: 3-day musicians' playground (Detroit Free Press) Holy music mania, Batman! A three-day crash course in the world of sounds and lights is set for Friday through Sunday at the Metro Music Expo at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, where more than 80,000 square feet of music-making opportunities will be presented. The World's Largest Collection Of High-Quality DRM-free Classical Music Downloads Goes Live in The UK (BIOS) Passionato launches today, giving classical music lovers the opportunity to browse, sample and download single tracks, works or albums from its catalogue of classical music recordings. Tracks are available from its Store at www.passionato.com in superior audio qual... Passionato - DRM-free, high quality classical music downloads (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Following in the footsteps of Deutsche Gramophon, a service called Passionato is launching today, which will feature very high quality DRM-free downloads of classical... er... classics. It could prove popular - as previously reported, one in three classical music lovers owns an MP3 player, and download music, as well as ripping their classical CDs to MP3. One in five legally download tracks. Country music awards nominees revealed (CNN.com) NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Kenny Chesney, the Country Music Association's reigning entertainer of the year, dominated the CMA Award nominations on Wednesday, receiving seven, including album of the year. Festival to feature more than music (Boston Globe) While music is at the heart of the annual Icons Irish Music & Arts Festival, there is much more, including: Site: music - Google News Folk music, civil rights legend Odetta dies at 77 - The Associated Press
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