Eight-time Grammy-winning composer/arranger Vince Mendoza, born and raised in Norwalk, CT, has enjoyed great success overseas--in Europe, to be more precise--since releasing an album with Germany's ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Taken from Cole’s live performances with the Orkest, nothing fuses breath-taking ...

Although mentioning Rob Pronk's name to jazz fans here in the States would presumably elicit no more than blank stares, musicians—especially those in the Netherlands—know him well, as Pronk has been a ...

The Metropole Orchestra, which focuses on pop, jazz, and light music, asked Twitter users to compose a piece of music on the Tweetphony website and share it with their followers. The ones that made it ...

All right, y'all, it is Friday, and as always, we like to usher in the weekend with some new tunes. (SOUNDBITE OF SNARKY PUPPY AND METROPOLE ORKEST'S "WAVES UPON WAVES") SUMMERS: Snarky Puppy, the ...

They’re called Snarky Puppy (I don’t know why), and depending on the day they have anywhere from eight to 18 members. It’s hard to say what genre they fall under, if any. They won a Grammy for best ...

You know Basement Jaxx as purveyors of epic, colourful hands-in-the-air dance music. By contrast, you probably don’t know Metropole Orkest at all,but they’re a popular Dutch orchestra and big band at ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Continuing his ability to intertwine diverse soundscapes into his revered ...

Create exposure for the Orchestra and give it a podium to tell their story.In a period of severe budget cuts of the Government endanger literally hundreds of organisations earning media-attention for ...

The Dutch Metropole Orchestra is the biggest jazz and pop orchestra in the world and has performed with greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz. This June the orchestra marks the ...