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You know you're the type to look in people's medicine cabinets. We all do it. I have another quirk. I look all through people's books, records, and CDs. I…

What is called the world's biggest music festival begins in London tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. The summer season of concerts of this great British…

Marilyn Horne and I had a dear friend in common. Our friend died last fall after a long illness. I came to know Marilyn as a warm-hearted and generous…

Louis Aubert is a composer new to me. He's a Frenchman who lived from 1877-1968. He was a boy-soprano star, introducing Faure's Pie Jesu. Puberty wrecked…

Giuseppe Verdi turns 200 this October. He died in 1901. Here are a few seconds from his funeral, as the cortege leaves the Milan Cathedral and passes by…

This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand…

Gershwin's Summertime has the feel of a lazy August afternoon. It might feel a bit more relaxed when performed by Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ on the đàn bâù, a…

Imagine violin students being able to go into a musical instrument museum and pick up and play a fine Amati, Guarneri del Gesu, or a Stradivarius--just to…

The Dayton Arcade, located in the heart of Dayton, Ohio's downtown business district and once a major attraction to Dayton residents and tourists, has...

Traditional gender categorizations are deeply embedded in Jewish culture and Jewish conceptions of masculinity have made a profound impact on wider...