Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year-end Giving Guide. Two questions every orchestra is asking these days: How do we get younger audience members to realize classical music isn’t ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...

Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

Jazz for Kids concerts aim to introduce little ears to the wonderful world of jazz music through relaxed concerts for families, performed by our professional musicians from Albert’s Band. Each concert ...

If you think chamber music only means musicians playing centuries-old polite melodies on a harpsichord, violinist Kristin Lee would like to have a word with you. Or even better, she wants to show you, ...

For over 20 years, Montclair, N.J.'s Jazz House Kids has built a reputation for excellence in music education. Promising young musicians walk through its doors and receive the kind of training that ...