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This week's Moment's Notice takes us to Cape May, NJ for the fall edition of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival, alongside Philly performances from Danny Jonokuchi, Marshall Allen, and more.

This week in Moment's Notice: the Immanuel Wilkins Quartet plays at the Barnes Foundation's 'First Friday,' André 3000 plays flute at The Met, the Joe Block Open Heart Trio alternates singers at South Jazz Kitchen, and more.

A recent east coast premiere of 'The Comet / Poppea,' presented by Curtis Opera Theatre, was a reminder of how Philadelphia has become a new epicenter for bold contemporary opera.

This week's Moment's Notice moves us into March with shows ranging from the "zen-funk" of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin to the klezmer mayhem of John Zorn's New Masada Quartet.

David F. Gibson, whose precise and hard-driving beat powered legacy editions of the Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway orchestras, and other bands big and small, died on July 30. He was 72.

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you a performance featuring Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" symphony, a suite from Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, and Saariaho's Graal théâtre. Rafael Payare is on the podium, alongside violinist Carolin Widmann in her debut with the orchestra.

Meet 16-year-old harpist Catalina Vasquez Calderon, a junior at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, where she plays in orchestra, the Baroque ensemble, and marching band, and studies harp through a partnership between Northeast High School and the Lyra Society.

Can a week ever be too jam-packed with talent? This is a good week to find out, and Moment's Notice has the intel.

WRTI Classical Host Jack Moore will announce the winner of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's Fourth Annual Ovation Award at the Kimmel Center on June 4th…

The results of Missouri's "beauty contest" primary and caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado may be poor indicators of the sentiment of most Republicans and independents. Instead, they show the ardor of the fraction of voters who turned out — and the potency of the abortion issue in national politics.