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Third Coast Percussion poses with percussion instruments and mallets in front of a yellow-green background

New Releases Apr. 15: Suites, Unheralded Women, Third Coast Percussion

Beloved Chicago envelope-pushing quartet Third Coast Percussion celebrates 20 years with a characteristically adventurous album. Plus, suites by Tchaikovsky and Thomas Adès. Finally, get to know two unjustly overlooked women composers: Swede Elfrida Andrée and Brit Ruth Gipps.

A sunglasses-wearing Santa ponders his list

Adela SkowronskiDecember 14, 2022

Quiz: Should These Opera Characters Be on the Naughty or Nice List?

Associated PressDecember 9, 2022

Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians begin 1st-ever strike

Associated PressDecember 8, 2022

Jazzy ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ swings on after 57 years

A tall African-American man hugs a shorter African-American woman from behind. The woman is crying. The man is looking off into the distance. They are standing by a white, closed casket with flowers on top.

With Mazzola Extended, Lyric Opera Explores Contrast in 2024–2025 Season

Adela SkowronskiMarch 12, 2024

The season includes 9 programs, including concerts from opera and musical theater royalty.

Amnon Weinstein at work repairing a violin

Violins of Hope Luthier Amnon Weinstein Has Died, Aged 84

Keegan MorrisMarch 8, 2024

The respected Israeli luthier is best known for creating the Violins of Hope project, which restores and tours instruments — particularly violins — of Holocaust victims and survivors.

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Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant

Associated PressDecember 6, 2022

A copy of what's being called Stephen Sondheim's first original cast recording captures the legendary composer's budding skills in a student-led musical while at Williams College in 1948.