Jazz in the Steel City: The 15th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
PITTSBURGH, PA – Living in New York, where on any given night there are more than 50 clubs showcasing live jazz, it’s easy to have a myopic view of jazz in […]
A Word About Women Conductors
Joana Mallwitz In perusing the schedule for my upcoming Tanglewood visit this weekend, I came across a name I wasn’t familiar with: Anna Handler, one of the Boston Symphony’s two
Gabriela Ortiz Widens the Scope at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music
LENOX, MA – Amidst the whirlwind of activity last weekend at Tanglewood, it would have been easy to miss another, wholly separate festival taking place on the Tanglewood grounds. Since
A Weekend of New (and not so new) Music at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – One of the things that’s most satisfying about Tanglewood, the longtime summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is that as the day-to-day world convulses with the
A Season-Ending Crescendo with Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic
"In my end is my beginning." – T.S. Eliot Things are looking up at the NY Phil. It would be nearly impossible for Gustavo Dudamel to live up to the
Peter Schickele Is Fêted (Up) at the Society for Ethical Culture
Credit: Kate Milford "Peter was a master of his craft." – Philip Glass (Juilliard classmate) Despite the occasional overbearing reverence of the concert hall, classical music doesn't always try
“Antony and Cleopatra” and “Salome” at the Met
“It is hard to imagine a more risk-prone art form than opera.” – John Adams Of all of New York's musical treasures, none shines brighter than the Metropolitan Opera. This
Music in A Time of Transition at Saint Thomas Church
"The boy’s voice is so compelling to us because it’s like the caterpillar, the butterfly or it’s like the rainbow. Why are we fascinated by those things? Because we
Coda: Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts His Final Concerts at the New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas with the New World Symphony, 3/29/25 Photo: Alex Markow "A 'coda' is a musical element at the end of a composition that brings the whole piece to