Classical music has its own version of the tritone sub, which, of course, predated the jazz version. It results from the outer voices (usually soprano and bass) moving in contrary motion into the ...

Musicians pay tribute to Corea-Burton-Ozone in Durango, Farmington Classical music lovers, meet cool jazz. How about jazz fans listening to the likes of Maurice Ravel or Samuel Barber? How about ...

Composer and pianist Valerie Capers is at home in both the classical and jazz worlds. In her suite Portraits in Jazz, Capers ...

The Gateways Festival Orchestra will perform Igor Stravinsky’s iconic score for ”Firebird” April 16–19 at New York City Center.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Winchendon Music Festival will host a series of concerts this spring and fall. According to a community announcement, the ...

I love classical music almost as much as jazz. Like jazz, classical music is a big tent, spanning the entire musical spectrum from medieval chant to twelve tone atonality. Jazz musicians today get ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

Geof Bradfield Quintet, Sept. 19-22 at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Ct.; tickets $20-$40; more information at jazzshowcase.com Geof Bradfield Quintet, Nov. 1 and 2 at the Green Mill, 4802 N.

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs. A 1934 portrait of Nora Holt by Carl Van ...

Fall in Atlanta brings with it a healthy range of jazz and classical concerts. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra starts its new season with cellist Alisa Weilerstein on Oct. 3 at Symphony Hall and also ...

The city that produced such current and former musical pioneers as composer Philip Glass, left-handed pianist Leon Fleischer, ragtime impresario Eubie Blake, and singer Billie Holliday is a city that ...

Jazz or Classical—who gets more respect, more funding, and more prestige? In this passionate rant, we break down the long-standing divide between classical purists and jazz innovators. Why is one seen ...