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Classical Music To Dance To (Playlist)

This ain’t your average classical music dance playlist: dance along to new pieces, old grooves, treasured tangos, and winsome waltzes.

Adela Skowronski | July 1, 2022

13 Canadian Composers You Should Know

Associated Press | June 24, 2022

Muti’s legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists

Associated Press | June 24, 2022

Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand

John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Associated Press | June 23, 2022

Williams says the fifth Indiana Jones film will probably be his last film. He'll spend most of his time to writing concert pieces.

James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90

Associated Press | June 22, 2022

Hair, which has story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.

COVID-19

Met Opera season had no COVID cancellations but sales down

NY Philharmonic restores salaries to pre-pandemic levels

Classical Music for Travel (Playlist)

Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022

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Seasons, Tan Dun, and Ghostbusters in Chicago Phil’s 2022/23 Season

Keegan Morris | June 21, 2022

The new season will kick off with a live concert performance and screening of Ghostbusters.

Quiz | How Well Do You Know These Symphony Titles & Nicknames?

WFMT | June 21, 2022

Jupiter, Pastoral, Philosopher. There are countless symphonies with nicknames, monikers, and titles. Can you keep them straight?

Sing Different: Why the Life of Apple’s Steve Jobs Makes for Great Opera

Daniel Goldberg | June 15, 2022

Steve Jobs gets the operatic treatment with Mason Bates' Grammy-winning The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. We spoke with the composer, librettist Mark Campbell, as well as baritone Edward Parks, who created the role of Jobs.

Baroque&Before with Candice Agree