Composer, conductor and producer Steve Hackman is breaking down barriers between the classical and pop music worlds, one orchestral reimagination at a time. And for the first time, the Chicago-area ...

In giving Apple Music Classical a test spin, a user finds the app providing more varied and interesting points of entry for casual and experienced classical fans than its parent app, Apple Music I’ve ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) -Sound Conservatory, 1600 2nd Avenue, Rock Island, discusses a new program called “Pop Music in the Classical Ensemble” that encourages children to become interested in school ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — CelloVoci, a classical-crossover group featuring renowned cello and vocal duo Branden & James and singer Effie Passero, is set to perform at Feinstein’s in Carmel, Indiana, this ...

Oct. 5, The Parker, Fort Lauderdale, $49.50-$137.75, parkerplayhouse.com. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, 83, and bassist Jack Casady, 77, were musical soul mates before they helped unleash psychedelia on ...

The concerts are lit, but the vibe is chill. Some 3,000 sparkling candles (electric) impart a warm glow to the rock, pop, Classical, pop and rock favorites that are the hallmarks of Candlelight ...

The vast gulf we now perceive between classical and popular music didn’t exist a century or even half a century ago. Music was music. Then as now, a vastly larger audience preferred the popular kind — ...

Detroit-area fans of the electric string quartet Amadeus will have two chances to catch the band’s holiday show in the coming weeks. The female foursome, whose music is described as classical ...

Thinking outside the canon, and finding the gritty and the beautiful, within it. By Joshua Barone and Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim JOSHUA BARONE Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical ...

From the moment her tiny fingers first touched piano keys, Emi Nishida was destined for musical greatness. Now, this Japanese crossover sensation has blossomed into one of the most versatile and ...