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Foreigner, Marshall Tucker Band & Jefferson Starship are anchoring a massive 2026 tour featuring six classic rock legends.

Music traditions of the holidays are deeply ingrained in my memory. Growing up with a father who was a Presbyterian minister, ...

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A principal dancer makes her Sugar Plum Fairy debut in Miami City Ballet's Balanchine Nutcracker, performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center Dec. 12–28 with full festive staging.

Much of that was due to the material: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 by Shostakovich; Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ...

Under its music director, Manfred Honeck, the ensemble returned to Carnegie Hall for the first time in over a decade, flying ...

In Chicago this season, you can find a jazzy Duke Ellington version, a global “Nutcracker” with hip-hop mice and the 50th ...

From the "big ones" in Lexington (part of the Snowball Festival) and Columbia (the Carolina Carillon), to community parades ...

After 47 years, the Northwest Bach Festival has laid its namesake composer to rest. From now on the concert series will be known as Classics Northwest.