Quickies: Anna Netrebko at Le Poisson Rouge, Mizzou Composers Fest, 'Saving Mr. Banks' Video, NPR Jazz Critics Poll, Wayne Gretsky Opera?

Be it classical music, jazz, theater or dance, arts news gets made fresh every single day.

So, in an effort to keep all you Classicalites abreast of each and every art in our tagline (e.g. "Classical Music, Jazz, Theater, Dance & More"), Brick Dozer of Channel 4 News has trawled the web for the best headlines--those stories, those people making the biggest aesthetic waves.

Here, then, is today's news...just in time for Netrebko's pre-Borodin concert at LPR!

Netrebko to Perform at Le Poisson Rouge [New York Times]

'Saving Mr. Banks' Music Discussed by Composer, Director at Billboard/THR Film & TV Music Conference (Video) [Billboard]

Mizzou International Composers Festival announces resident composers for 2014 [KCMetropolis.org]

The 2013 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll [NPR Music]

Why opera directors need to think like Wayne Gretzky [The Globe and Mail]

Stay Classicalite, says Brick.