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15 Books About Music For the Young & Young at Heart

Every library could use more books! Here are our top books about music for the young and the young at heart.

Associated PressApril 14, 2020

Fleming, Netrebko, Kaufmann headline Met Opera on-line gala

Stacy GerardApril 14, 2020

Deaf Hip-Hop Dancer is Moved by Beethoven’s 5th in New Music Video

Becky NystedtApril 13, 2020

Take In the Gleaming Tones of Multi-Instrumentalist & Composer Ólafur Arnalds

Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)

International Orchestras Tour US for First Time in 2 Years

Associated PressFebruary 2, 2022

The Royal Philharmonic became the first international orchestra to tour the U.S. since February 2020.

Lyric’s ’22-23 Season: Verdi, ‘Fiddler,’ Fleming, & ‘Carmen’

Keegan MorrisFebruary 1, 2022

Plus a world premiere, Chicago-set take on 'The Barber of Seville' and the return of 'West Side Story'

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CSO to Premiere Video of Beethoven’s 9th for Facebook Streaming

Keegan MorrisApril 10, 2020

This Sunday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will host a Facebook premiere for a video recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 from its archives, in part because it is "widely recognized as one of music’s most powerful and inspiring works."

Still scarred, Notre Dame lives anew in coronavirus crisis

Associated PressApril 10, 2020

Just days before the first anniversary of the inferno that ravaged the beloved Paris landmark, the French capital’s archbishop led Good Friday celebrations unlike any that have gone before inside the centuries-old jewel of Gothic architecture.

Long Distance Music Saves the (Wedding) Day!

Maggie RebergApril 9, 2020

How some creative thinking helped give a wedding live stream the music it needed.

Mornings with Jan Weller