The Opus 76 Quartet made its Carnegie Hall Debut with the program "Beethoven In His Own Words." Once a lacking part of Kansas City's classical music community, string quartets are filling up venues ...

The sounds coming from Strings Theory Trio, when they play as part of the Advent Library Concert Series on Nov. 13, won’t be what fans of “everyday” classical string trios will be expecting. In fact, ...

Belinda Niling Stohner was always told the concert hall was the best place for classical music. She didn’t believe it. Yes, you have the acoustic design, the heavy velvet curtains, the audience seated ...

The music industry has a long and storied tradition of taking original hits and transforming them into something else entirely. Who can forget Pat Boone, who topped the pop charts with his ...

When you’re a kid, playing in the high school orchestra and feeling disconnected from the popular zeitgeist means any music that incorporates classical instruments is something to be celebrated. And ...

Turtle Island Quartet blends classical quartet form with jazz improvisation. Feb. 26 Singletary program 'Shades of Blue' honors Davis and Coltrane centennials. Tickets $12–$29; University of Kentucky ...

The evening began with a whiskey tasting and light snacks inside Green-Wood’s stunning Gothic chapel. Completed in 1913, the space—adorned with stained glass and soaring ceilings—set a reverent, ...

What’s in a string quartet? The members of Enso tell all. Or…some. They tell a good deal, let’s say. The Enso String Quartet is Maureen Nelson (violin), Ken Hamao (violin), Richard Belcher (cello), ...

Back in my student days, I used to drive almost every Sunday afternoon to the leafy borough of Hampstead in North London with ...

Pop, rock and a little bit of Bach. That’s what listeners can expect to hear when the trio strings band, Naples Strings, shows up to play. “We’ve been playing together for a long time, so there wasn’t ...

Was the famous Hungarian composer the forefather of bands like Rush and Yes? The Chiara String Quartet breaks it down. The celebrated classical music composer Béla Bartók was really into folk music. I ...