Chicago opera is, inexplicably, hibernating this winter — the city hosts no staged productions until mid-March, with Lyric Opera’s “La bohème.” Thankfully, other groups aren’t following suit. In fact, ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

Musicians pay tribute to Corea-Burton-Ozone in Durango, Farmington Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Winchendon Music Festival will host a series of concerts this spring and fall. According to a community announcement, the ...

Andrew Armstrong is a concert pianist who grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut. He's now the Artistic Director of New Canaan Chamber Music. He takes us to a smoky jazz club with George Gershwin’s Three ...

These shows demystify a genre unfairly perceived as archaic and stuffy with expert analysis, musical selections and pure fun.

It is the immediate dilemma facing artists, and it has an inordinate impact on jazz, soul, classical, blues and other similar genres with older audiences. Some artists are leaving the industry, some ...

Classical music has its own version of the tritone sub, which, of course, predated the jazz version. It results from the outer voices (usually soprano and bass) moving in contrary motion into the ...

Cancel your Friday-night plans — there’s jazz in town. “Kat Ellis Quartet,” playing classical jazz music, will perform 6:30 p.m. Friday at The Collective Snowmass as part of the Jazz Supper Club. The ...

If you think chamber music only means musicians playing centuries-old polite melodies on a harpsichord, violinist Kristin Lee would like to have a word with you. Or even better, she wants to show you, ...