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A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own. -
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
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As election season sprints to the finish, take a detour to identify some operatic officeholders in an interactive political puzzler. Can you tell an emperor from a senator, a president from a king? Click, listen and test your knowledge of singing politicians. -
Hear this youthful group bring a 21st-century spin to a capella singing on their debut album, featuring new music by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs and other exciting contemporary composers.
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John Adams' first opera premiered 25 years ago today at Houston Grand Opera. Not only did Nixon in China bring recent history on stage, it ushered in a wave of operas based on contemporary personalities. Watch an excerpt of the original production, directed by Peter Sellars.
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The concert pianist's latest album resulted from his study of what makes a piece of music uniquely French.
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Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
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The world-renowned orchestra is revitalized with the addition of 37-year-old music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He brings a youthful energy to the organization, which is just coming out of bankruptcy.
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Fridays are funnier with a cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.
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From around the classical internet, all the week's news that's fit to link.
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The pianist explores the possibility that Robert Schumann was the first composer to infuse a longing for the past music in his own music.
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The pianist performs Robert Schumann's music and decodes musical messages of love to his wife Clara.
