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Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show

After winning multiple Grammys this year, Jon Batiste is moving on after a seven-year run backing up host Stephen Colbert as bandleader of “The Late Show”.

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

Meet Lina González-Granados, the CSO’s New Solti Conducting Apprentice

Candice AgreeNovember 13, 2019

Between February 2020 and June 2021, Lina González-Granados will have the opportunity to study and work with Maestro Muti, conduct the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and participate in cultural activities and outreach throughout the greater Chicago area.

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19th Amendment, Beethoven, Perlman To Be Celebrated in Ravinia’s 2020 CSO Residency

Andi LamoreauxNovember 13, 2019

Anniversaries make up many of the highlights of the CSO's annual summer residency.

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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