Music of Delaware
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Opera Delaware - Delaware Symphony Orchestra - Wilmington Music School | |
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Delaware Friends of Folk | |
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Delaware Music Festival - Clifford Brown Jazz Festival | |
State song | "Our Delaware" |
Other topics | Music of Wilmington |
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The Delaware Symphony Orchestra is the largest organization of professional performers in the state, and is more than seventy years old; the orchestra evolved out of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra.[1] The Delaware Music Festival is a prominent music festival.
Other musical institutions include Opera Delaware and the Wilmington Music School. The state song of Delaware is "Our Delaware", with words by George B. Hynson and Donn Devine and music by Will M. S. Brown.[2]
The famed independent record label Jade Tree is located in Wilmington. Jade Tree has released recordings from a number of styles, including emo; the label's roster includes Turning Point, The Promise Ring, Lifetime, Jets To Brazil, and Pedro the Lion.
Recent, local trends include a surge in popularity for the blues.[3]
[edit] Delaware musicians
- Clifford Brown
- Cab Calloway retired to Wilmington, and died in Hockessin, Delaware
- Jets To Brazil
- Gentle Jones [1]
- Lifetime
- Bob Marley lived in Delaware for a brief time, during which he was employed at the General Motors site in Newport
- Mélomanie
- Johnny Neel
- The Promise Ring
- The Spinto Band
- George Thorogood and the Destroyers
- Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell met at St. Andrew's School. Verlaine would later briefly attend the University of Delaware
- Turning Point
- boysetsfire
- Zen Guerilla [2]
- Welcome The Plague Year
- The Holy Fucking Spirit
- Joshua Fit For Battle
- A Petal Fallen
Mermoid