MARTIN: There is no overstating the German composer's influence on Western music, with enduring classics ranging from his epic "Ode To Joy"... MARTIN: But for all the sonatas, concertos and symphonies ...

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy,” George Gershwin wrote, with lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin and husband-and-wife duo, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward. It’s also the time for a great selection of ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House and Harris Hall box office; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com More info: Beethoven enthusiasts have several additional concerts to look ...

How is a concert of all one composer different from one with a bunch of different composers? "No different," says Markand Thakar, music director for the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra. His group ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in ...

Beethoven! Ellington! A bunch of composers you’ve never heard of! Wonderfully, thankfully, the definition of classical music is changing. The genre can be classical (in the well, classical sense of ...