Play On Philly (POP), a tuition-free music education program, launches the Composing for Young Orchestras Project in collaboration with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM), an ...

Dim sunlight illuminates the halls of the Effron Music Building on a sleepy Monday afternoon. Up two flights of stairs is a musician’s tree house and a hall of practice rooms lined with wooden floors, ...

Endcliffe Orchestra is thrilled to announce the return of the Janet Altman Composing Competition, offering a unique opportunity for local composers to have their original works performed by the ...

We need your help to raise $120,000 by December 31. Will you make a donation to our nonprofit newsroom to help power your source for Minnesota news in 2026 and beyond? “I can hardly write a piece ...

Virtuosic. Loud. Electric. That’s how award-winning composer and musician Ethan A. Chaves ’26 characterizes his music, and it’s hard to disagree. Chaves has occupied the music scene for much of his ...

Since its first three-year residency at the University of Chicago began in 2005, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has held a number of informal reading sessions of works composed by students in the ...

For University Prof. Augusta “Gusty” Read Thomas, each new work is an adventure. She describes her new orchestral work Bebop Kaleidoscope—Homage to Duke Ellington as akin to “Igor Stravinsky meets ...

This relatively new musical tradition of turntablism has a fascinating and rich history which is only about 40 years old. To my mind it’s one of the most unique and interesting instruments to emerge ...

Empire State Youth Orchestra launches its latest season on Oct. 25. The opening concert will feature Viet Cuong’s “Re(New)al,” Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and a world premiere by ESYO alum and ...

Acclaimed composer Soon Hee Newbold visited Westminster High School Tuesday, as part of a six Carroll County public high school tour to engage with orchestra musicians and discuss her experiences in ...