Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...

VAIL – Few people are better known anywhere for making a jazz tune sizzle and swing than saxophonist Branford Marsalis. But less recognized is his ability to groove to a classical vibe. The former ...

British saxophonist Jess Gillam lit up the Ordway Concert Hall this week in St. Paul, in the first saxophone recital presented by the Schubert Club’s “International Artist Series.” Performing with ...

The Colorado Music Festival is a gathering of some of the best orchestral musicians from across the country. Each week throughout the summer, they perform some of classical music's greatest ...

Musician and composer Steven Banks returns to Aspen this week to remind audiences to reconsider their understanding of classical music: who it’s by, who it’s for, and what stories can it tell. As a ...

Sometimes one goes to an orchestra concert mainly for entertainment and enjoyment, to revel in the sounds of the familiar. Other times, one goes to be challenged, to experience something with fresh ...

You'd be hard-pressed to find Kanye West or Jay-Z on this Interlake High School student's iPod. Instead, 18-year-old Andrew Nelson listens to obscure classical saxophone music, among other things. The ...

Drawn to an instrument that sounded exotic to him, he became one of the most prominent classical musicians in India. By Giovanni Russonello Kadri Gopalnath was a youngster growing up in a village in ...

The most famous instrument of the French Revolution is the guillotine, the deadly symbol for how the people of France went about severing ties with the noble class over two centuries ago. There’s ...