The carol didn’t become widely popular until the 20th century, when Richard Runciman Terry arranged it in the 1930s. A more ...

Local classical ensembles are celebrating the season with programs ranging from choral works to Baroque favorites and a ...

After his musical “The Last Ship” failed on Broadway, Sting is bringing a revised version to the Met as the house looks for ...

Britten was less in the Weekend than the annual title suggested, however significant and striking the works: a singular song ...

The works of Errollyn Wallen, the current Master of the King’s Music bear testament to the broader scope that the world of ‘contemporary classical music’ now encompasses – although her training is, at ...

There are productions that are pulled out of the operatic closet over many decades, veritable warhorses, some of which creak and groan like ancient equines bearing a load that they are no longer fit ...

Have you ever wondered about the time and energy that go into songwriting? Some masterpieces take months to create, while others are finished within a few hours. Whether just the lyrics, the melody, ...

Austin-based independent label Western Vinyl has announced a new charity compilation called Passages: Artists In Solidarity With Immigrants Refugees, And Asylum Seekers. Alan Sparhawk's contribution ...

A new benefit compilation for charities supporting immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers has corralled new songs from Dirty Projectors, Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin, Tim Heidecker, Bonnie ...

Can you name the original artists of these famous songs? When an artist performs a song written by someone else, it’s usually just because they like the song in question. Either that or the producer ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...