Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year-end Giving Guide. Two questions every orchestra is asking these days: How do we get younger audience members to realize classical music isn’t ...

Classical music has a stuffy reputation, but Symphony San Jose — and its audiences — is just having too much fun this season for that to be true. Most of the orchestra ditched the formalwear for ...

When did “fun” become such a dirty word in classical music? “Fun” attaches itself to kids’ or pops concerts, or a slapstick opera staging, long before it would get pinned on your average night at the ...

Quests come in all forms: treasure hunts, space rescues, a very daring wedding crash.Listen to Reel Music this week - and have fun storming the castle - with epic themes from Indiana Jones, Star Wars, ...

After graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988, Yoko Shimomura was torn between career paths. Classically trained since the age of 3 and raised in a family of piano players, Shimomura had ...

The Debussy was a model, too, showing their precision and subtlety of sound as effectively as any flag-bearing trip abroad, and featuring Sarah Bennett in the role of solo flute – she was to feature ...

Timothy McKenry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Since the appearance of jazz in the early 20th century, jazz and classical have mostly lived on opposite sides of town, separated by tracks that most listeners won’t cross. This has long remained the ...