Quickies: Prodigy Amira Willighagen, Patrick Stewart's Britten, Andras Schiff on Hungary, Milwaukee Needs Money, Ioannides Leads Tacoma

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 Christmas Eve!

The 12 Most Talented And Tiny Child Prodigies Of 2013 [Huffington Post]

Sir Patrick Stewart on Britten [YouTube]

Andras Schiff: Why I won't perform in Hungary [BBC]

Milwaukee Symphony raises $1 million of $5 million emergency goal [Journal Sentinel]

British conductor with 'magic' to lead Tacoma Symphony [News Tribune]

Stay Classicalite, says Brick.