THIS VID INCLUDES AN UPDATED AUDIO REMIX 3-6-12, AS WELL AS NEW SHOTS OF WALT PARAZAIDER. Chicago is motivated and creatively on fire. Hang on for an incredible ride during 2012. As Chicago prepares to record new original music and energize its fans with major unexpected surprises, this video’s soundtrack includes a live performance of one of their most epic pieces,”Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon” [ much more behind the scenes footage of the band is available at chicagotheband-vip.com ] FYI- Chicago Premium Access members will be the very first to hear new Chicago music! Enjoy the retrospective… “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon” “Make Me Smile” “So Much to Say, So Much to Give” “Anxiety’s Moment” “West Virginia Fantasies” “Colour My World” “To Be Free” “Now More Than Ever”

Elenore from 2011. Tickets now on sale for a brand new music show March 3, 2012 Same band, same place, same price. New songs and stories! www.swellproductions.com

At DPAC April 17-22, 2012! Bring It On: The Musical video featuring interviews with members of the creative team, as well as footage and production photographs from the 2011 Alliance Theatre production.

Go behind the scenes of Miracle Theatre Group’s 2011 Day of the Dead celebration “¡Viva la Revolución!” for interviews with cast members and a look at photos from this original, bilingual production that honors “las adelitas” of the Mexican Revolutionary War, playing Oct. 20-Nov. 13, 2011 at Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St., Portland). For info: 503-236-7253 or www.milagro.org. In this video: Cristina Cano, Noah Dunham, Enrique E. Andrade, and Nelda Reyes. Photography by Russell Young; videography by Cassy Whitaker. Original artwork by Analee Fuentes. Costumes by Maria Ferrin.

PSFD-195 Tamio Shiraishi / Chikatetsu – Sax Solo www.psfrecords.com www.shiraishitamio.info A set of unique site-specific live recordings from one of the true legends of the Tokyo underground, taped at a number of different subway stations in Queens, NYC. Tamio Shiraishi is one of the legends of the Japanese underground. For over thirty years he has continued to pursue an utterly unique eruptive style of performance interventions into consensus reality, ranging from visceral, guttural vocal explosions, intense synth blatter in an early Fushitsusha lineup, to his trademark dogwhistle sonics on alto saxophone. In recent years he has been resident in New York, where he has performed with Sean Meehan, Alan Licht and sundry No-Necks. Site-specific field recordings, particularly in urban spaces, have been a longterm interest in Shiraishi’s work, and while he lived in Tokyo he could often been seen late at night playing with the wind on a pedestrian bridge in Shinjuku. These recent recordings from 2008 and 2009 capture Shiraishi in the NYC subway, exhaling long thin wires of aural razorlight through the tunnels, breathing in bleak, beautiful harmony with the clanks and squeals of the occasional passing subway train. Mindblowing.

Early tickets available for 0 until midnight on June 30. 5 after June 30. Each fall, Ballet Austin opens both our performance season and the Austin gala season with our annual fundraiser gala, Fête, where Austin’s most respected business leaders, social royalty and arts patrons gather to mix, mingle, dine, dance and celebrate the light that the arts brings to all of our lives. For the past several years, we have encored Fête with our celebrated fête*ish after party, where we turn up the volume and turn down the lights for artistically-inspired food, libations, entertainment, dancing and a whole other spectrum of fun. fête*ish 2011, at the swanky W Austin, promises to light up the night with Austin’s brightest movers and shakers and some truly unique entertainment for a night to remember. More details at balletaustin.org/feteish — Music copyright Warner Bros. Music Group.

Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz Part 5 conducted by Guillermo Figueroa V. Dreams of Witches’ Sabbath Recorded live in concert by Mark Records at the Texas Music Educators Assn. Conference San Antonio, Texas February 2011 The selection process for Texas All-State Orchestras differs for string and wind auditions. String students audition at the regional level (28 regions) to earn the right to submit a recorded audition for the statewide competition. There is a limit to how many students may record at the regional level for each string instrument. During the second weekend in November, panels are assembled in one large metropolitan area of the state to judge the recordings and to select the students. The top players are assigned to the Symphony Orchestra, the next group to the Philharmonic Orchestra and the final group to the String Orchestra. The evening before the conference, students audition for seating within their respective orchestra. Wind and percussion players are selected from a pool that also determines members of the All-State Bands. These are all live auditions, starting first at the regional level (28 regions), then moving to the area regions (7 areas). The top scoring wind and percussion players in each area are selected for All-State and are auditioned for seating the day before the state conference. The highest ranked wind and percussion players are allowed to choose the ensemble in which they wish to participate. The Texas All-State selection …