The names of Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff do not necessarily conjure images and sounds of jazz in one's mind, that is until one has listened to recordings by ...

Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

Throughout jazz history there has been a desire among the jazz community to see the music respected on the same level as western classical music. It is after all, jazz is America's classical music. As ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Billy Childs was all smiles in February as he walked to the backstage media center at Crypto.com Arena, cradling his sixth and most recent Grammy Award. “I always had in mind that I didn ...

In the Columbus classical music scene, the coming season promises a bounty of beautiful music: Returning to a full slate of subscription concerts, the Columbus Symphony and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra ...

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, ...

Julia Wolfe’s UnEarth will be on at the Barbican in January - Barbican As the winter evenings draw in, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. So far this year we’ve enjoyed a Proms season for ...

“Musicians like Mozart and Beethoven could make up an extended riff at the drop of a hat,” said Darrell Grant in a phone call from his office at Portland State University, where he is the professor of ...

The leaves turn, the days shorten and, each fall, performing arts groups ready their new seasons. While my colleague Nastia Voynovskaya brings you the top concerts, festivals and nightclub dates this ...

They say that jazz is best as a cool, late-night experience, and classical concerts are often a nighttime affair. But don’t let that notion get in the way of enjoying the season where both genres hang ...