From annual standbys to intriguing one-offs, Chicago’s cup overfloweth with summer concerts worth your while. A baker’s dozen, and then some, for your perusal: Changings of the guard: The ongoing Muti ...

Columbus Cultural Orchestra's commitment to diversity is reflected in its membership, repertoire and its mission to make ...

Viewed in this way, we can see the blues as a quest for existential answers to questions that have always been, and always will be—they have no beginning, and no end. In my article about Harmony and ...

Chicago opera is, inexplicably, hibernating this winter — the city hosts no staged productions until mid-March, with Lyric Opera’s “La bohème.” Thankfully, other groups aren’t following suit. In fact, ...

"Some people might be clutching their pearls hearing that..." Jon Batiste dishes on his new album "Beethoven Blues," and explains why now is the time to update classical music with blues, jazz and ...

The Wood Brothers mix bluegrass, jazz, and jam in their hard to pin down live shows and on albums like 'Puff of Smoke.' ...

Now that the Proms is over, what other classical concerts can we look forward to? There will be tributes to grandees of the classical music world – the American John Adams (who wrote Nixon in China) ...

Taras Kutsenko and Alex Sino presented the classical-to-jazz crossover album Domus Solis for your GRAMMY consideration. Music supports global communications and surpasses limitations, and few genres ...

Jazz musicians love classical music. The opposite is true to a lesser extent.. The two forms are different in many ways: jazz is democratic with equal participation, musicians compose as they ...

Jon Batiste scores his first No. 1 on Billboard's Classical Albums chart, as his new project, Beethoven Blues, debuts atop the list dated Nov. 30. It's the first in a planned series of solo piano ...

In early November, a trio of top-notch classically trained musicians took to the stage in front of a full house. With William Ransom accompanying on piano, tenor Timothy Miller and soprano Bethany ...

Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Collective Snowmass as part of the Jazz Supper Club. The ...