Musician Lara Downes aims to highlight the work of composers like Harry T. Burleigh, photographed c. 1938. Granger Classical pianist Lara Downes knew she was onto something profound when audiences ...

Everyday, contemporary composers are making their mark on the sonic palette of classical music. Throughout history, there have been incredible examples of music, artforms, and creative cultures forged ...

Bridging the 57th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with the 250th anniversary of the United States, flutist Paul Mizzi will ...

A 21-year-old classical composer from Chula Vista has written a 35-minute piece called "Land of the Free" to honor the nation ...

What did it take to be a great classical composer? Genius was essential, of course. So too was a sustained education in composition. Usually, the great composer needed a professional position, whether ...

Classical music must be alive and at least reasonably well if it generates vigorous dialogue. That's what happened in a rather big way recently when Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic of The New ...

Jessie Montgomery is having a moment. Several moments at once, actually. In the past several years, the 40-year-old composer and violinist has rapidly become a poster child for the shifting classical ...

You’ve heard it all before. Classical music is dead. It’s one of our culture’s most enduring variations on a theme: that classical music is dying, or aging, or rusty or, at the very least, dusty. It’s ...

Hear how Native American composers mix their heritage with techiques passed down from the European classical tradition. A small but growing number of American Indian musicians are embracing classical ...

Classical organist Joy-Leilani Garbutt had just completed a rehearsal one evening last fall when she stopped by the Takoma Beverage Company. A fellow musician who runs the hangout spot thought Garbutt ...