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NEWS Carnival Center for the Performing Arts Partners with Yamaha Pianos (11/01) Launched in October 2006, Carnival Center for the Performing Arts is Miami-Dade County's largest ever public/private-sector partnership, and one of the most comprehensive performing arts facilities in the United States. Following extensive research to find the ideal musical instrument line to suit its needs, Carnival Center and Yamaha are pleased to announce an important partnership in music education and performance, featuring a wide variety of Yamaha instruments and services.The facility's 2,200-seat Knight Concert Hall The Carnival Center complex, located in the heart of downtown Miami, will include the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the 2,200-seat Knight Concert D’Addario performing artists roster expands with addition of several high-profile musician (01/18) J. D’Addario & Company, Inc. has announced the addition of several world-class guitarists and bassists to its Performing Artists roster. The newest class of D’Addario artist/endorsees includes: Matt Roberts (guitar), Chris Henderson (guitar) and Todd Harrell (bass) of Three Doors Down; Frank Salvaggio (bass) and Kevin Jardine (guitar) of the band Slaves on Dope; Brad Delson (guitar) and Dave Farrell (bass) of Warner Bros. recording act Linkin Park; Ryan Schuck (guitar), Amir Derakh (guitar) and Paige Haley (bass) of the band Orgy; and singer/songwriter David Gray."Having artists such as these join the D’Addario team is a tremendous honor for us, and it sends a powerful message to the music i IBMA a huge success for D'addario & performing artists (01/18) It was another knock-down week for D’Addario and D’Addario Performing Artists at the 2000 International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass Week, held at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, KY from October 16 –27, 2000. D’Addario’s booth attracted an unprecedented volume of traffic, generating interest in D’Addario strings and Planet Waves accessories. First Quality Musical Supplies, a Louisville-based mail-order and online dealer, and co-sponsor of the IBMA show with D’Addario, sold out of D’Addario EJ17 acoustic guitar strings, selling well over 500 sets at their booth. D’Addario banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and upright bass strings were also big sellers at the show, which attracted cellist David Calhoun and pianist Susan Walters performing works by Beethoven, Janácek, a (/) On Wednesday, March 5, The Bard Center presents cellist David Calhoun and pianist Susan Walters performing works by Beethoven, Janácek, and Rachmaninoff. The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 8:00 p.m. in Olin Hall, Bard College.Calhoun and Walters will be performing Beethoven's Sonata in A Major for Piano and Cello, Op. 69; Leos Janácek's Prohádka (Fairy Tale) for cello and piano; and Rachmaninoff's Sonata for Cello and Piano.Cellist David Calhoun is active in chamber music, and maintains full-time residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Orion Piano Quintet. He is a member of the Kinor Quartet and the Omni Ensemble, and has been a member of the American B

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