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The Composer Comes First: A Conversation with Manfred Honeck

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been attending concerts at Heinz Hall for nearly 30 years, a byproduct […]

by Nick Stubblefield A church in Bedford-Stuyvesant might not seem like the first place you'd expect to hear classical music, but that's

by Nick Stubblefield NYC-based musician Eric Lemmon has been burning it up of late. His compositions, noted for their broad range of

The Felice Brothers find themselves at the center of the resurgent interest in American roots music, equally at home around

For anyone who cares at all about the living art of music, there is no more vital institution than the

Towards the end of my lunch conversation with organist Paul Jacobs, he invited me to his weekly organ class, which takes place

Paul Jacobs Performing at St. Peter's Church (courtesy of The New Yorker) On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, some two dozen

Way back in 2007, at the 2nd Fun Fun Fun Fest, I had this to say about my first experience

by Steven Pisano Photo by Steven Pisano Conductor Alondra de la Parra is something of an anomaly. Aside from being a woman