Summer is in the air and so are bugs. Rachel Martin talks to music commentator Miles Hoffman about famous works of classical music inspired by insects. Summer is in the air. So are the bugs. They're ...

The American classical music vernacular would never be complete without the catalogs of great composers like William Grant Still, Florence Price, and George Walker. But even so, Black voices have been ...

Everyday, contemporary composers are making their mark on the sonic palette of classical music. Throughout history, there have been incredible examples of music, artforms, and creative cultures forged ...

As we celebrate female trailblazers this month with Great Performances: Ann and Great Performances – Gloria: A Life, we’re highlighting five female composers who helped pave a musical pathway into the ...

Classical organist Joy-Leilani Garbutt had just completed a rehearsal one evening last fall when she stopped by the Takoma Beverage Company. A fellow musician who runs the hangout spot thought Garbutt ...

It may be the longest, strangest trip the Grateful Dead's music has endured -- a performance by a symphony orchestra under the baton of a classical composer. By The Associated Press It may be the ...

You may not know the name Teresa del Riego, but maybe you should. The Spanish/English composer wrote more than 300 ballads. Her music was performed routinely throughout her long lifetime (she lived ...

Well before the advent of the drum machine or even the piano, there was folk music. These rich musical traditions have been inspiring composers of art music for centuries. Let's whet our musical ...

You’ve heard it all before. Classical music is dead. It’s one of our culture’s most enduring variations on a theme: that classical music is dying, or aging, or rusty or, at the very least, dusty. It’s ...