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Grant Park Music Festival Announces Full 2022 Season

The season begins on June 15 with artistic director and principal conductor Carlos Kalmar leading music of Mozart, Wagner, and Price.

Stephen RaskauskasMay 1, 2017

Hearing These Merry Lads Sing “Now Is the Month of Maying” Is the Best Way to Start Your Month

Angelica LasalaApril 27, 2017

Watch This Talented Chicken Peck Out Puccini

Stephen RaskauskasApril 27, 2017

KAIA Kids Around the World: The Music of Mexico

Valuable Vinyl: How to Care for Your Prized Classical LPs

Mary MazurekSeptember 16, 2019

The multisensory ritual of listening to a vinyl record transcends any digital playlist. And whether they're new or vintage, you’ll want to make sure that your prized classical albums are well cared for.

A globetrotting new PBS series uses classical music to explore countries, cultures

WFMTSeptember 13, 2019

“The goal of the show is very simple,” says the host of Now Hear This, violinist and conductor Scott Yoo. “To make sure that people try out classical music and give it a chance... If you want to get the most out of life, part of it is getting the most out of music.”

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Video: You’ll Go Bananas for This DIY Keyboard

Angelica LasalaApril 25, 2017

You don’t need an expensive piano sitting in your living room to impress your friends and family when they come to visit. Instead, wow them with a keyboard you made yourself. Stian Eikeland, a “developer, hacker, techno-foodie, diver, hobby-photographer” from Bergen, Norway, found a way to turn bananas into a fully functioning touch-sensor keyboard. The banana keyboard’s hardware consists of ...

Playlist: 10 Shakespeare-Inspired Operas You Should Know

Stephen RaskauskasApril 21, 2017

If “Music oft hath such a charm / To make bad good, and good provoke to harm,” perhaps these 10 Shakespeare-inspired operas will charm you.

“Difficult, But Worth It”: Singers Share Their Secrets to Memorizing Opera Scores by Philip Glass