American music

A new album, Summerland, showcases world-premiere recordings of orchestral works from across composer William Grant Still’s nearly 70-year career, performed by the mother-daughter duo of violinist Zina Schiff and conductor Avlana Eisenberg with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

The Catalyst Quartet's Uncovered series will showcase neglected chamber works by composers of color. Released earlier this year, Uncovered, Vol. 2 features chamber works by the noted African American composer Florence B. Price.

It was a big idea – to commission an award-winning composer to write a splashy new percussion concerto that would be premiered right here in central…

It’s a fact both horrifying and sobering: an estimated 1.5 million children perished in the Holocaust.But those voices long silenced now ring on, thanks…

“For me, making music felt inadequate.”That’s what noted pianist Simone Dinnerstein said about the days she spent in lockdown last spring, as the…

“At this performance, it was a kind of pandemonium afterwards. The audience wouldn’t stop cheering.”That’s how the noted pianist Gilbert Kalish recalls…

The story of Desbrosses Street, in Lower Manhattan, is a story of a warehouse district turned into apartments, of people taking up residence in the once…

“My God, I can really feel the fabric of society tearing.”That thought haunted Eric Whitacre as he saw the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in its…

That moment when you’re facing something that might be wonderful or harrowing...You inhale. You pause. You exhale.That moment, suspended in time and tied…

Here in America, we love our guitar heroes. Name any one of them – Hendrix, Prince, Santana, Van Halen – and memories of monster riffs start rolling…