Discover the fascinating origins and evolution of classical music, from ancient beginnings to legendary composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Chopin. Dive deep into six key periods of music ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shawn Okpebholo’s music sings of Chicago. Its waterways (“Fractured Water,” recently orchestrated for the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra). Its architecture (“City Beautiful,” for the Lincoln Trio).

There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...

For thirty minutes a day, I would sit down at a piano and play — or attempt to play — music by the great composers of the ...

Joan Tower's first major orchestral work, Sequoia, from 1981, opens with the boom of a massive gong and a fusillade of deafening cowbells. Like the statuesque redwoods of the title, the music looms ...

We name seven of the greatest pieces by that melodious Baroque genius, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi ...

As readers of this blog know, I often tag my posts with the subject area categorization of Creativity because, after all, music is an art form and a creative endeavor. As a result, I was recently ...

From Bach’s violin sonatas in Snape, to Simon Rattle’s return to the UK, our expert selects the hottest tickets ...

How many Irish composers do you know? Aficionados of Irish classical and folk music will of course know of many. Outside of this, the average music lover's knowledge of Irish composers is likely ...