The Associated Press

How does the Detroit Symphony Orchestra get to Carnegie Hall? Like everyone else - practice, practice, practice. But the Motor City musicians also added a little imagination.

The Supreme Court has upheld a law giving US copyright protection to millions of works by foreign artists that had been freely available.

A New York auction of jewelry and artwork from the estate of philanthropist Brooke Astor is now scheduled for September.

A massive cache of musical treasures that’s grown to include a fragile harp-piano, the pioneering Moog synthesizer and a famous theremin languishes in a Michigan storage vault.

Carnegie Hall is establishing a youth orchestra called the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie remembered a friend instead of delivering his State of the State address as a new legislative session begins on a somber note Tuesday.

To commemorate Glass' 75th birthday and his long relationship with Spoleto, the festival is staging a full production of "Kepler," about the 17th-century scientist.

PHILADELPHIA —

A rare violin worth $172,000 that was mistakenly left on board a Boston-to-Philadelphia bus by a groggy music student from Taiwan has been found and returned to its grateful owner.

Queen Elizabeth II's husband has undergone surgery for a blocked coronary artery, British royal officials said Friday.

President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in campaign contributions from New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine's financial firm, officials said Friday.

Members of a union representing 7,000 office cleaners in New Jersey have voted to authorize a strike if they can't reach an agreement with a group of cleaning companies on a new contract.

The former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man has turned down a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation.

A Chappaqua man was indicted last week in a scam targeting Roger Davidson, a pianist and composer from Katonah, NY. The scam stretched over six years.

The iconoclastic British director, whose death aged 84 was announced Monday, made films about Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Liszt.

Jon Corzine has been called to testify at a Congressional hearing over the collapse of financial firm MF Global.

SALZBURG, Austria —

Move over Mozart. Toes in Salzburg are tapping to a new beat as residents finally embrace the Hollywood musical that put them on the map nearly half a century ago.

With Gustavo Dudamel at the forefront, LA has emerged as the national flagship of the US version of El Sistema, which in just four years has grown to encompass programs in more than 50 cities.

EMI Group Ltd., the iconic British music company that is home to Simon Rattle, Sarah Chang and The Beatles is being split and sold for $4.1 billion.

James Levine has canceled conducting the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Wagner's Goetterdaemmerung and is in danger of missing an entire season at the company for the first time since he made his debut in 1971.

Germany's transport minister is sharing one of his own stress-reducers - the slow movements of Mozart's piano concertos - with drivers in hopes the soothing music will help reduce road rage.