The legendary lyricist and composer, Stephen Sondheim, who died at age 91 last November, is still inspiring a new generation of writers making their way to Broadway and beyond. Marlow and Moss, ...

“I meet with orchestra conductors and I am puzzled. Why is there so little interest in or enthusiasm for new music?'' So wonders the composer Tina Davidson in her new book, “Let Your Heart Be Broken: ...

For some, summer music means jam bands and nostalgia acts. Connecticut Summerfest provides a true alternative with free indoor concerts of contemporary classical music with guest acts from other parts ...

The worlds of orchestral music and dance will collide this Friday with At Play, presented by Kinetic Ensemble and with guest partner Frame Dance Productions. A fusion between melody and choreography, ...

Emily Levin (left) and Michelle Gott sing while playing harps as they perform Stockhausen's 'Freude' during the Voices of Change concert at the Caruth Auditorium on the SMU Campus in Dallas on Sunday, ...

A critic unpacks the month-long program featuring 430 artists and presenting more than 70 pieces of music for the very first time, most by Illinois composers. Like a blue moon, a festival with a ...

Spurred by a weekly radio deadline, David Rose was fast becoming America’s most prolific contemporary composer. Last week, for the eighth week in a row, he presented an original composition on his ...

One forgets just how influential New York garage rock band the Strokes — and their lead singer, Julian Casablancas — were at the beginning of the century, but the decade-in-review retrospectives that ...

As a trumpeter, Marsalis’ playing is as sharp as it’s ever been. He can command the room with an expertly controlled instability, serenading the audience with frenetic New-Orleans-infused grooves.