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What is the value of civility? Have we ever enjoyed a real period of so-called civility, and can we achieve it now? Learn about the importance of…

Thanks to our music director, Beverley Ervine, we have a magnificent CD library from which Classical 101 draws most of its programming. I find it relaxing…

Of all the music babies born on February 29, the birth date suits best Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868). At his death he was officially 76 years old,…

Many a youngster dreams of playing professional sports. Â Whether it's baseball, football, or basketball, most of us have daydreamed about hitting the…

At the end of Gustav Mahler's Fourth Symphony, we are presented with a child's vision of heaven in a song for soprano and orchestra. This is surely one…

Cellist and conductor Yuli Turofsky died yesterday at the age of 73. He was the founder and music director of the Canadian chamber orchestra, I Musici de…

For this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are featuring William Grant Still's Symphony No.2 in G minor, Song of a New Race on Symphony @ 7. It dates…

This evening at 7 on Classical Showcase, it's mostly Brahms in a concert from Walt Disney Concert Hall with the L. A. Philharmonic that includes the…

This week on Fretworks, I'll have some music for the mandolin and for the lute, as well as classical guitar. For good measure, there is also a piece for…

The Obama administration is expected to announce the decision to open embassies in the countries' capitals on Wednesday.