Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Texas

DSO's Casual Classics in Dallas, TX is featuring concerts through June 28, having started on the 6th at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. (Source: Dallas News).

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is having the concerts at 2301 Flora Street June 21 and 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Single concerts are $13-$48 and the four-concert series is between $40 to $168.00.

"Some of the most enjoyable classical concerts around here are the Dallas Symphony's summer 'Casual Classics,'" according to guidelive.com.

For information, call 214-692-0203.

In unrelated music news, Garnier Fructis Rock Your Style kicks off June 22 with a James Taylor concert at Jones Beach. The Glam Jam Team from Glamour Magazine will be at all the performances which are held at the same location. John Mellancamp performs July 10, Sheryl Crowe with James Blunt takes the stage July 28, Maroon 5 and Counting Crows sings Aug. 1, and the Allman Brothers Band performs Aug. 13. (Source: glamour.com).

There will be pre-show Glamour and Garnier styling cabanas at the Counting Crows concert.

For more information, go to glamalert.com/0806/promo.cfm?section=3&promo=4 online.

In other Glamour Magazine news, Andrea Coller won the annual essay contest for the publication but sadly passed away from a long battle with cancer for the third time by the time her story was published. She was a self-described "music-obsessed" singer-songwriter-hairstylist who was only 27 when she died. She was a regular at open mike nights.

"Andrea Coller rocked readers with her bold, fiercely honest memoir," said Cindy Leive, Glamour editor-in-chief in the July Glamour Editor's Note.

You can read Coller's essay at glamour.com/magazine.

The SAMFund, a nonprofit that helps young cancer survivors with their financial needs, has established the Andrea Coller Memorial Award, which will go to a patient with Coller's fighting spirit.

To learn more, go to thesamfund.org.

In unrelated cancer news, lung cancer patient and American Lung Association of California Advocate Grace White is asking all California residents to sign an online petition to increase lung cancer research in that state.

You can do so by accessing lungaction.org/campaign/SB458 on the Web.