Was it the live music I missed most, or the intermissions — with all those delightful exchanges about the performers, the music, the weather, the traffic, or the seats? At last now — after the awful ...

As we continue to struggle through the winter months, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. This year, there are ...

They may have sensed, as well, that acoustical challenges are not the only difficulty rock-fusion works pose. Rock fans often hear the results as watered down, while classical listeners hear them as ...

The American Classical Orchestra will launch its 41st season in 2025-26, with performances spanning four orchestral concerts led by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice Tully Hall, ...

A local nonprofit is aiming to keep kids out of trouble this summer through classical music. The Harmonic South String Orchestra provides string instrument training to youth in south Memphis and ...

Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, choral music by David Lang and unreleased recordings by Radu Lupu are among our selections.

Mike Mills invokes a Rolodex of metaphors to make sense of his latest post-R.E.M. venture. “If anything, it’s extreme because we’re moving away from the center of both rock and classical music and ...

The works of three local composers, plus the winner of a composition competition, will be premiered alongside those of four renowned classical composers Friday and on June 29 by the New Orleans ...

Classical music is an odd beast in today’s world. Some important people think it’s very important. Chambers of commerce, for instance, see it as an essential recruiting tool: Many high-level ...