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Steve Reich is a percussionist and composer who traveled the world soaking up the rhythms and instrumentation of far-flung places. He studied African drumming at the University of Ghana.
Jennifer Taylor
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ensembleNewSRQ performs 'Music for 18 Musicians' on the 50th anniversary of its premiere
Susan Giles Wantuck
The Sarasota chamber group is celebrating many milestones with this performance Friday, not the least of which is composer Steve Reich's 90th birthday.
Dacian gold items, a 2,500-year-old helmet and wristbands, stolen from a museum in the Netherlands and then recovered by Dutch authorities, are presented during a press conference after being returned, at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Andreea Alexandru
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Priceless 2,500-year-old golden helmet returned to Romania after Dutch museum raid
The Associated Press
9-year old third graders, Ross Taplinger, and Isaac Roberts are part of the award winning writing team behind 'Nugget Saves the Day,' about a baby chicken who meets some dinosaur friends, which they wrote with help from their teacher Casey Sullivan.
Cathy Carter
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Young playwrights take a Jurassic joyride for an annual theater festival in Sarasota
Cathy Carter
Composer John Luther Adams, photographed in his outdoor studio in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 2017.
Cynthia Adams
Classical Stories From WSMR
The dissenting musical life of John Luther Adams
Tom Huizenga
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