James Bennett II

Directors and designers have been updating “traditional” stage works for modern audiences for quite some time. 

Stride into summer with these creative arrangements of one of Vivaldi's best known works.

Tubas and euphoniums will blow you away with this sweet, sweet rendition of the old song.

We’re going to heighten your appreciation for those little black dots on lines and spaces, which can make you cry your eyes out at a funeral or embarrass yourself on the dance floor.

The famed conductor and award-winning actor discuss the ins and outs of their respective crafts.

We're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting how some of your favorite composers and musicians got their break.

A new rock opera has revealed some divisions between Roman authorities and academics.

Check out the medalists, and their winning performances, from the 2017 Van Cliburn Competition.

Recorders are amazing, and Maurice Steger proves it with this performance of a Vivaldi concerto.

Paganini, Liszt, Brahms and Lully all come together in the League of Absurd Stage Presence.

Organizing the worlds greatest music has been a task for composers, publishers and musicologists. And this is where 'opus' was born.

The Toronto Star labels the New Canadian Global Music Orchestra as a Canadian "super-group," and super it is.

When Yennifer Correia was asked to check her 17th-century violin, the musician inquired about alternate options but claims she was denied.

A title and release date have yet to be confirmed, but you can be sure it's happening.

As part of Canada's 150th anniversary celebration, composer Maxime Goulet wrote a short orchestral work featuring the anthems of 35 nations.

Alan Gilbert joined John Schaefer in the Soundcheck studio for a reflection on his time as artistic director of the New York Philharmonic.

Sir Jeffrey Tate, the prominent English conductor, has died. He was 74 years old.

One of the great champions of Czech music, conductor Jiří Bělohlávek has died at age 71.

"Tyler's Suite," the choral work that remembers the life and joy of Tyler Clementi, is set to receive its Lincoln Center premiere.

The L.A. Kaleidoscope Orchestra doesn't use a conductor, making room for all musicians to have a voice in the creative process.