Costumes are one of the most enduring aspects of Halloween. For kids and adults alike, dressing up as spooky monsters or larger-than-life characters is a pivotal part of the holiday's identity, and ...

They're the ones keeping classical cool. A cadre of performers under 40 are doing their best to keep instruments such as the violin, piano and cello front and center in music lover's minds. Artists ...

The guys with the long-hair are very worried about the issue of old music. No wonder. With so many classical music concerts, they have received news that there is some guy running around town playing ...

If you visit the National Museum of American History, you may happen upon the Hall of Musical Instruments—a priceless collection of instruments from as far back as 300 years ago. But once in a while, ...

According to a 2014 study by the League of American Orchestras, less than 2 percent of musicians in the approximately 800 orchestras surveyed were Black. The lack of Black representation in classical ...

Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious ...

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is one of the most well-regarded orchestras in the U.S., with an internationally renowned music director, a talented roster of players and one of the world’s best concert ...

While diversity may be verboten in some current political circles, it’s a definite boon in the arts, and especially in music, ...

Apple Music Classical has the hi-res streaming files that audiophiles demand, plus an editorial team that’s not afraid to suggest which recordings are the best places to start with an individual ...