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Classical Music-Loving Animals to Bring a Smile to Your Face

Humans aren’t the only animals who love big orchestras! Check out our favorite videos of animals dancing along with, singing to, and enjoying classical music.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians on strike

Graham MeyerApril 24, 2019

CSO Musicians Call for Continued Negotiations Amid Ongoing Strike

Associated PressApril 23, 2019

WIU professor a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music

Keegan MorrisApril 22, 2019

‘I Like to Take on Projects That Terrify Me’: Jake Heggie on Adapting ‘Moby-Dick’ into an Opera

Playlist: Classical Drinking Songs to Ring in the New Year

Nate BeversluisDecember 29, 2020

Who says enjoying classical music has to be a sober affair? Here is some music to help you say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021.

The Vienna Philharmonic performing its customary New Year's Day Concert in a dazzlingly adorned concert hall

Waltzes in a Pandemic: How Vienna Phil Will Continue Its New Year’s Tradition

George PrestonDecember 29, 2020

It wouldn’t be New Year without the Vienna Philharmonic. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, what will come of the annual New Year's Concert?

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Notre-Dame de Paris from the organ console (Photo: Nathan Laube)

“It’s beauty at an inexpressible level” — Organist Nathan Laube reflects on Notre-Dame de Paris and its magnificent organ

Michael San GabinoApril 16, 2019

Notre-Dame de Paris is a space — a part of our shared cultural heritage — that belongs to everybody – not only for Christians, but also for musicians, artists, poets, historians, lovers of beauty – everybody.

Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Associated PressApril 15, 2019

PARIS (AP) — A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the blue sky as tourists and Parisians watched in horror from the streets below. A spokesman said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely come down, ...

Pet Project: Musician Creates a Playlist for Shelter Animals

Associated PressApril 11, 2019

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s music director has gone to the dogs. And the cats.

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