Classical News

Helen McNally, from Westburn, and four-year-old Dougal had a whirlwind week, in which they were contacted to take part in the opening of the Games at Celtic Park.

Comedienne Tina Fey fired her composer husband Jeff Richmond as her vocal coach as she prepared to audition for Into The Woods .

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will perform the free concert on Saturday, Nov. 1, in Pierre on the eve of the date President Benjamin Harrison signed the proclamation admitting South Dakota to the Union.

OTTAWA, ON: MAY 27, 2013 -- Conductor Rob Kapilow conducts a dress rehearsal for Listen Up! This is a program, that brings professional classical musicians into schools to get kids involved in music.

This concert season, beginning Oct. 2, offers a more diverse mix of musicians to satisfy a variety of musical tastes.

Anthony Michaels-Moore plays the emperor of long-ago China in the Santa Fe Opera's production of "Le Rossignol."

Classical music heads for the hills in August and it's never a bad idea to follow along.

Each summer Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute brings together 120 of the brightest young players in the country to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States.

In a glowing review in the Guardian Andrew Clements describes the Freiburg Opera's Parsifal at the Norwich Theatre Royal - see production shot above - as "a show that almost any British company would be happy to have in its repertory".

Pianos in the Parks is a program that puts pianos in the parks - there are 20 of them in Seattle, from now until August 17. Some of the pianos used to be in the practice rooms at the University of Oregon, some came from families who felt this was a good time to let them go, and Classic Pianos donated the rest.

Picture it: It's your wedding day, and your future spouse, bridal party, and you are walking down the ceremony aisle .

The Northeast Louisiana District 4-H show was held July 1 and 2 at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe.

Universal Music ceo Max Hole has used the launch of the Bristol Proms to once again denounce classical music as "an elitist club" .

Aretha Franklin is jazzed about more than music at the Ohio State Fair: She's also looking forward to the food.

The Really Useful Group, the producing and rights licensing company that oversees the works of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber , has announced plans to take legal action against producer-promoter Michael Cohl following the collapse of a U.S. arena tour of Jesus Chris Superstar earlier this year.

Lynn Festival organisers are delighted with the quality of this year's wide-ranging programme, described as "a festival to remember".

The Old Globe today announced additional performances for the second production of the 2014 Summer Season, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which made its World Premiere at The Old Globe in 1986.

As a tribute to one of Tanglewood's most prominent guiding spirits for 50 years, a bronze bust of the late composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein was unveiled Monday at Tanglewood.

Victor Vener, the California Philharmonic's founder and conductor, has always had a flair for mixing the popular world with the classic: Imagine seeing Richard Wagner's “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” on the same marquee with, say, “Star Wars.” His critical facilities let all kinds of works compete: Aaron Copland ... (more)

There's no question that the hodgepodge of gardens along CP Rail's Arbutus corridor are charming and no doubt that homeowners prefer gardens and a leafy walkway to trains.