The world of classical music has gotten a modern makeover. The Bach Society of Saint Louis has spent 85 years celebrating the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and other classical composers through ...
Classical music is having something of a modern renaissance. With sales of classical CDs and streaming increasing by more than 10% last year - almost double the average rise across all genres - more ...
For 38-year-old composer Johann Sebastian Bach, his 1723 appointment as musical director (Thomaskantor) in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig must have seemed like a huge step. What Bach could not know ...
Feeling ‘suite’ toothed? Must be the Bach... A study has been published showing how classical music makes us crave chocolate biscuits and other sweet treats. No, we’re not going crackers. This ...
The chamber choir Incarnatus, directed by Scott Dettra, performs at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas on Jan. 24, 2020. Dettra, music director and organist at Church of the Incarnation, is launching ...
This week, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an order requiring people to stay home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. That means the majority of kids and adults are now at home and may be ...
There's an elite list of classical musicians who are also part of popular culture, and violinist Midori's 2020 Kennedy Center Honor cemented her place on it. She made her professional debut at 11 with ...
Los Llanos is a vast plain that stretches across the border of Venezuela and Colombia. And joropo is the music that sets the rhythm of daily life in a land of ranches and cattle herding. It's a ...
Ask any self-respecting classical music aficionado who the greatest composer of all time is, and they’ll usually whittle down a shortlist of three key names: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
University of Washington researchers sound out a way to help computers think and even write like a composer. Roll over, Beethoven! Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and ...