Learn the best reasons why you need to learn classical guitar as a starting point for your musical journey, if you want to go ...

The music of Mozart, Brahms and other composers has been around for centuries, but many find it inaccessible. The Foothills String Quartet aims to change that attitude by educating audiences about ...

A length of shiny metal, curled back on itself into an oblong whorl, ending in a flared bell. A mouthpiece. Some round, buttonlike keys on top. We all know what a trumpet is. Duh. But that trumpet, ...

This is an edition of the revamped Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. I love music, but I never learned to play an instrument (something I still ...

It’s that time of year again when I start chewing my nails and stop caring about what I look like when I leave my room. For me, the gap between Thanksgiving break and our winter siesta is undoubtedly ...

In recent years, a number of books have lamented the impending death of classical music as orchestras struggle financially and musicians urgently seek new audiences. In “Language of the Spirit,” Jan ...

As New Yorkers retreated to their homes to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, Clemency Burton-Hill, then 38, was waking up from a 17-day coma. The creative director of New York Public Radio’s ...

I am a sophomore in high school, and most of my peers have probably heard of Beethoven and Mozart. Ask them about Bach or Chopin, however, and some will start to look at you strangely. Talk about ...