Mozart News

A guest performance by renowned Italian guitarist Oscar Ghiglia that will launch the Bienen School's Summer 2013 Guitar Workshop and an admission-free concert by Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombonist and Bienen School faculty member Michael Mulcahy are among the Northwestern University events coming up in June.

Girsa comes to Cape May Sunday, June 2 at 8 p.m. as part of the 24th annual Cape May Music Festival Classical ensembles from across the region, from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players to the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, will take the stage for the 24th Cape May Festival.

Has it really been 20 years since Billy Joel released his last pop album? Somehow, it's true: Though the Piano Man has toured extensively, won a Tony, and even put out a collection of classical compositions over the last two decades, he hasn't dropped an original chart-topper since 1993's River of Dreams .

The concert will also feature on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22. That means the CSO's former music director will share the stage with its new one, a symbolic handing off of the baton.

Take a break and enjoy the music of the Libertyville High School Orchestra from their spring concert, which was posted on highschoolcube.com . The concert featured senior concerto winner Taylor Isberg on Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

Betsy Burleigh, music director of Boston's Chorus Pro Musica, will conduct her final concert with the group on May 31, with Mozart's Mass in C Minor and Peter Child's Meditations Upon the Lamb, at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory.

All About Eve ? To paraphrase: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's gonna be a sizzling summer." For starters, circle June 28 on your calendar.

Dorothea Roschmann and Malin Christensson in Los Angeles Philharmonic Association's "The Marriage of Figaro." Photo by Mathew Imaging As "The Marriage of Figaro" opens, the clever factotum is carefully measuring his nuptial bed to see if it will fit in the small room that he and his beloved Susanna will soon occupy as man and wife.

Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos.

Whether we're listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, under the artistic direction of flutist Linda Chesis, celebrates its fifteenth anniversary season with a diverse offering of musical experiences.

"When I was around 3 or 4, I was always playing with my mother's old upright piano at home just for fun by myself." Piano lessons began at 5 - and improvisation and even composition at 6. Sakata's interest in classical music began when he was 9, and he says it has grown daily since.

After a sold-out premiere in November 2012 at Dixon Place, Figaro! returns for a limited run between June 11 and 16, 2013.

The MET Orchestra concludes its 2012-2013 season at Carnegie Hall with the much anticipated return of Music Director James Levine leading the orchestra today, May 19 at 3:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The Diamond Valley Community Orchestra, formerly known as the Golden Eagle Orchestra, performs Sunday, May 19, at Mt.

"You can call it comfort food, if you like," said music director and conductor Frank Fetta about the program for the May 18 season finale concert of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra.

"Music for Film and Theater" by the Elmhurst Symphony String Ensemble is the final concert of the season for performances held at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook.

Scientists call it synesthesia , a neurological the way your emotions can color the music that you hear.

Friday and Sunday: For violinist Thomas Zehetmair's second weekend with the SPCO during its month of post-lockout concerts, he brings his wife and frequent collaborator, violist Ruth Killius.

Organized by the International Dvorak Society, the American Spring music festival annually brings internationally renowned soloists and music ensembles to a broad audience in the Czech Republic, with concerts and master classes taking place in dozens of towns and villages around the country.