El Sistema is a publicly financed music education program founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist José Antonio Abreu. Its motto is "Music for Social Change." One of ...

Are you familiar with the didgeridoo? It's an ancient aboriginal wind instrument with an otherworldly sound! DIDGERIDOO MEETS ORCHESTRA is today's Beautiful Music! Didgeridoo soloist William Barton ...

Maya Miguel Hernandez, 14, enjoys a light moment with Liz Knickerbocker, 31, during a rehearsal with the Heart of Los Angeles Eisner Intergenerational Orchestra. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) ...

In the second half of the 19th century, composers, conductors and soloists were divided by their allegiance to either Johannes Brahms or Richard Wagner. Those composers had radically different ideas ...

Mackey introduces the album, "All of the music on Beautiful Passing engages with memory, albeit in different ways. Mnemosyne's Pool deals with memory within the music itself, and in so doing it deals ...

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — Wild Beautiful Orchestra is living up to its name. A local musician and composer launched the group a few years ago to add diversity to Denver’s music scene. Dr. Chappell ...

The Cleveland Orchestra presents Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, featuring the Enchantment Theatre Company. This immersive performance intertwines captivating storytelling with beautiful orchestral ...

The DuPage Symphony Orchestra is preparing a celebration of local talent and musical masterpieces called ‘Beyond Beautiful” on Sunday, Feb. 16. It will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at Wentz Concert ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. As WGN-TV celebrates 75 years, we’re looking ...

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. - Inside the Union Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schnecksville, the sounds of the Hearts For Music Orchestra filled the air at a benefit concert. "The joy has just been ...

2022 marks the 65th anniversary of the Willmar Area Symphonic Orchestra. The group got its start in the living room of its founder, and today brings dozens of musicians from around the region together ...

"When I wrote it, the feeling of the music was sad, but yet there was this beautiful melody that sat on top," Masterson says. Written for a string orchestra, the piece observes the conventions of ...