Everyday, contemporary composers are making their mark on the sonic palette of classical music. Throughout history, there have been incredible examples of music, artforms, and creative cultures forged ...

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A church’s acoustics can make a concert feel grander or more sacred. And last night for the first event of German Music @ SXSW 2024 — a series put together by the German Music Export and Initiative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A great orchestra conductor doesn’t just keep the violins from going one way and the trombones and tuba another, nor act as a ...

Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In ...

Dallas may not be known for adventurous offerings in classical music, but two area groups did recently present chamber works mainly from the 21st century. The concerts covered a wide range of styles, ...

Music history has a funny way of remembering the loud voices while quietly shelving the revolutionary ones. We celebrate Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach without question. Yet ask most people to name a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms are brilliant, but there’s something to be said for more recent music by living composers. The ...

Breakdancing to classical music creates a striking fusion of street dance energy and elegant orchestral sound. The video ...

I share many of Barton Swaim’s views on modern classical music, but he is wrong to lump Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” in with music he says no one wants (“Songs Without Listeners,” Bookshelf, ...

In recent years, classical music has been subject to speculations about its demise as jazz, hip-hop, EDM, and pop genres have grown in popularity. Concerns over diminishing audience numbers and ...