I first heard the Christmas spiritual “Sweet Little Jesus Boy” when I was a small child. It was playing in…
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She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal…
He played in the orchestra for 60 years, performing under the baton of five music directors. He personified the orchestra’s…
It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922.…
Aidan Levy has written a revealing, comprehensive biography of the improviser-hero Sonny Rollins.
The show, a passion project for Cameron Crowe, opened on Broadway in early November, but has faced soft sales in…
An experimental composer, Mr. Deutsch collaborated with Robert Moog to create the first synthesizer to make a significant impact on…
The York Theater Company’s production is enthusiastically performed by a cast of seven. But the nostalgic revue pushes the limits…
On Tuesdays at 5 p.m., the Singh brothers, Vikram, 8, and Sidarth, 11, have a standing lesson with their piano…
He invented the first system for integrating multiple instruments using a single control panel, predating the MIDI controller by years.