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Chamber Music on the Fox Returns for 10th Season

Across five flagship programs and two additional special events, the series mines chamber repertoire spanning centuries.

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

Montreal Symphony Orchestra Names Next Music Director

WFMTJanuary 8, 2021

Rafael Payare has been announced as the next music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He will begin his tenure in the 2022-23 season

Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

Associated PressJanuary 5, 2021

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

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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.

Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel