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The tremendous trumpeter Terell Stafford says finding talent for the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia was “super easy” because Philadelphia is filled with…

The legend of Don Juan, dating from the mid-17th century, has spawned plays, poetry, opera, and more. Richard Strauss’s 1889 tone poem about the story…

George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is performed by orchestras everywhere. But not everyone has heard the original jazz band version, composed for a 1924…

Today, The Nutcracker ballet is as much a Christmas tradition as eggnog, jingle bells, and mistletoe. But centuries ago – long before a nutcracker…

One of the hottest new Philadelphia composers is hardly new. Andrew Rudin is well into his 70s, and was a fixture for decades teaching at the University…

A young mother wanted to sing to her children. She wrote poems based on a story by the Brothers Grimm and asked her brother to set them to music. He did,…

WRTI's Bob Craig has his picks of the top big band tunes released in 2015. Here's his list!Randy Brecker & DePaul University Jazz Ensemble Dearborn…

After 26 years of bringing us the stories and sounds of traditional jazz and swing — early jazz from the streets of New Orleans to the music of Harlem…

Wrap up your Christmas weekend with Symphony in C's "Classically Baroque" concert on WRTI.Music Director Stilian Kirov is on the podium Sunday, December…

At the beginning of a new year, consider the beginning of American orchestral music. George Frederick Bristow was the first American-born composer to…