PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 1, 2011, Philadelphia welcomes the Russian Opera Workshop, a brand new summer training program for opera singers to aid in learning and performance of Russian standard repertoire.

By Lawrence A. Johnson, The Miami Herald Mar. 22--Taking a page from the Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute, the distinguished Curtis Institute of Music also has launched a touring chamber series with ensembles composed of faculty and student musicians.

By Mary Ellyn Hutton Conductor Steven Reineke and the Cincinnati Pops will host singer/ comedian Wayne Brady at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday at Music Hall (see story on Page 3).

WAYNE, Pa. - Rose Bampton, a soprano who performed 18 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and established herself as a premier voice in American opera, has died. She was 99. Bampton died Tuesday in the Philadelphia suburb of Bryn Mawr, said Mark Sullivan, parish administrator at St.

By Shelby Young syoung@cnpapers.com 348-4806 A performance by a musician considered one of the most sought- after concert organists of his generation will kick off Putnam County's PipeSounds Concert Series Thursday, Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. at Forrest Burdette United Methodist, 2828 Putnam Ave.