American music

You might think the harpsichord is a mere historic novelty, an outdated baroque cousin of the piano and fit only for the powdered wig set. If so, the…

They’ve spent the last 15 years breaking stereotypes with their genre-busting songs and instrumentals. Now, Black Violin is adding a heavy dose of…

Your beautiful infant child is diagnosed with cancer.Months – even years – of doctor’s visits, tests, surgeries and medical treatments, like everything…

A renowned bassoonist, a respected conductor and a composer whose career is on the rise.Christopher Weait has worn all three labels for most of his life.…

“This is an amazing place.”That’s what San Francisco-based composer Stephen Main said recently about Columbus, the namesake of his new work Columbus…

Wynton Marsalis' rare musical versatility has long been a beacon in the worlds of jazz and classical music. Now the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and…

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the animated film Up, directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion…

“I call it real American music.”That’s how Stephen Caracciolo, artistic director of the LancasterChorale, describes the program for An American Mosaic,…

Long before clarinetist Anthony McGill and flutist Demarre McGill launched coast-to-coast musical careers, as kids the brothers were each other’s musical…

If you think playing the harp is something only angels do, then you’ve never met Yolanda Kondonassis. She's in part the reason why the new harp concerto…