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Balance can be difficult to find even in the best times, but it's always worth pursuing. Music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Monteverdi, and more.
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Classical 101Imagine a vocalist singing heartfelt words and beautiful music directly to you.That’s the kind of intimacy that Columbus’ organization devoted entirely to…
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Classical 101A piece of music written more than 70 years ago by an Ohio composer but only recently brought to light will finally be heard this Saturday and Tuesday…
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Classical 101“The monarch butterfly is fragile and yet can fly 2,000 miles to get from point A to point B,” said Susan Slaughter, former principal trumpeter with the…
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Classical 101It’s 2009, and the Great Recession is draining bank accounts and devouring dreams everywhere. In New York City, four freelance French horn players…
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Classical 101Ask Carol Jantsch, principal tuba player with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the first woman ever to hold the tuba position with a major orchestra, if…
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Classical 101If you had taken your daughter to an orchestra concert fifty years ago, almost all of the musicians she would see on stage would have been men. Not…