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Certain instruments are regularly called upon to create a mood. Flutes and birds, angelic harps, regal horns, stately trumpets. There are two instruments…

In many Central Ohio circles, it is sacrilege to send your child to that "school up north," or to even mention it by name. However, for musical training…

The opening of the Fourth Symphony of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams comes as quite a shock for listeners expecting music of solace and beauty,…

Columbus' Actors' Theatre celebrates its 25th season by completing a marathon reading of the works of William Shakespeare. The more than 100-hour…

While the content of classical music performances is always going to be focused on the composers which formed it's foundation, new music is being written…

This evening on Symphony @ 7, we'll have something not heard all that often from French composer Claude Debussy — the Pelleas et Melisande Symphony. It's…

The difficulties at New York's Metropolitan Opera have moved into full operatic mode. Peter Gelb the Met's president and CEO has written to the opera's…

I've just been listening to a new CD of art songs by Jake Heggie called Passing By. These are new recordings of Heggie's music with the composer at the…

Russian guitarist Dimitri Illarionov has won awards at more than 20 international guitar competitions, including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of…

The contract approved by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra board and musicians makes the CSO a leaner operation. The number of musicians remains at 53, but…