Colorado Music Festival is premiering several contemporary classic works. One of the pieces draws from the poems of Robert Frost and one of John F. Kenney's last speeches. The historic Chautauqua ...

It is time once again to give thanks to and for the rich, vital community of musicians and composers in Atlanta who are making post-classical or new classical or whatever label one chooses to identify ...

Composers and musicians in the world of contemporary classical music have compared it to abstract art. In contrast to the flowing, musically descriptive melodies of the classical composers of past ...

The 42-year-old, modern classical composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a self-described “late-bloomer.” Now one of the brightest new lights on the modern classical scene, he studied music at the ...

Modern classical music will take center stage March 8 at Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, 275 Asturias Drive in Hot Springs ...

Bach, Beethoven and Brahms are brilliant, but there’s something to be said for more recent music by living composers. The Johnstone Fund for New Music offers just that – bold new works by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ongoing growth of modern classical music, a cause long championed by Columbus community leaders Jack and Zoe Johnstone, led to ...

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Close your eyes for a moment and think about the most memorable movie scenes you've ever watched. Chances are, you're not just seeing the visuals. You're hearing the music. That sweeping orchestral ...

Music history has a funny way of remembering the loud voices while quietly shelving the revolutionary ones. We celebrate Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach without question. Yet ask most people to name a ...

A critic unpacks the month-long program featuring 430 artists and presenting more than 70 pieces of music for the very first time, most by Illinois composers. Like a blue moon, a festival with a ...