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Right around the corner from Rittenhouse Square, Jacobs Music Company is hosting a free, eight-hour marathon of live, jazz piano music on Friday, June…

[The Philadelphia Orchestra wraps up its 2018 Tour in Jerusalem. David Patrick Stearns has been covering the tour and we asked him, on this last stop, to…

With the challenges of pro-Palestinian protests facing the Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2018 Tour of Europe and Israel, could anybody have foreseen the latest…

Meet Mike Tetreault, a professional percussionist who spent a year working about 20 hours a day toward his dream job — and how his fate was decided in just a few minutes.

How does trombonist-composer Ernest Stuart best show his Philadelphia-ness? Of course, there is his music. Stuart has a post-bop-jazz-based but often…

The revered Cuban composer's winning piece was inspired by the life and struggles of Susan B. Anthony and her own poor mother and grandmother in Cuba.

Humility and comfort. Those are the qualities that shine through most prominently when I listen to In Harmony, live recordings of trumpeter Roy Hargrove and pianist Mulgrew playing as a duo in 2006 and 2007.

Paganini's birthday, falling in the midst of spooky season, provides a perfect excuse to delve not only into his musical canon but also the darker currents swirling about his legacy.

The Dessoff Choirs has a profound simpatico with Margaret Bonds’ mature compositional style, a glowing synthesis of African American and European concert music — never more stunning than on her late work 'Credo,' the centerpiece of a new album.

Susan Lewis has interviewed countless artists during her 18 years at WRTI. Here are some quotes about creativity and humanity that have stayed with her.