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Sing Different: Why the Life of Apple’s Steve Jobs Makes for Great Opera

Steve Jobs gets the operatic treatment with Mason Bates’ Grammy-winning The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. We spoke with the composer, librettist Mark Campbell, as well as baritone Edward Parks, who created the role of Jobs.

Stephen RaskauskasDecember 5, 2016

A Sneak Peek of Joffrey’s New Nutcracker Set During Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

Stephen RaskauskasDecember 5, 2016

Your Guide to WFMT’s 2016 Holiday Programming

Stephen RaskauskasDecember 1, 2016

The Single Most Important Piece of Advice Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Has for Young Musicians Today

Mixing Philip Glass & Coldplay: How Emmy Winner John Lunn Scored Downton Abbey

Michael San GabinoSeptember 26, 2019

Lunn: "With Downton, the music is also carefully choreographed under the dialogue. I need to see exactly where and what it's going to be so I can get it right."

Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports

Associated PressSeptember 25, 2019

The opera legend indicated that he would never again perform at the Met.

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Chicago Public Schools Reports Increased Access to Arts Education, Despite Statewide Budget Crisis

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 28, 2016

Ingenuity Inc., an organization that works to improve and expand arts education in Chicago, released its annual progress report surveying arts education in Chicago Public Schools. Considering that earlier this year, Illinois’ public school districts were $20 billion in debt, Ingenuity’s findings may surprise you. In 2013, CPS announced its Arts Education Plan, which states: “Through a comprehensive and sequential ...

North Shore Guitarist Adam Levin Brings Music to Mexican Community Founded Atop Former Landfill

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 23, 2016

When Levin and his colleague, guitarist Matthew Rodhe, began conversations about how to give back to the community several years ago, they decided they wanted to make a contribution to the people of Yuguelito.

This Black MIDI Version of “Let It Go” Is More Terrifyingly Difficult Than Any Liszt Piece

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 22, 2016

You’ve likely heard the song “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen at least once since it was released in 2013. Not only did “Let It Go” win Best Original Song at the 2014 Academy Awards and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2015 Grammy Awards, it’s also been recorded in dozens of languages from Cantonese to Croatian. Even ...

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