Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Wynton Marsalis' rare musical versatility has long been a beacon in the worlds of jazz and classical music. Now the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer brings those ...

Award-winning violinist Mapy is known for the unique way she fuses classical music with genres like hip-hop, soca, and afro beats, shattering stereotypes and redefining the sounds of the instrument ...

Variety’s the theme this spring, as San Diego County concerts explore the many exciting sides of classical music.

The fall concert season begins not just with the customary Beethoven and Bruckner but also with a great polychrome explosion of music from Latin America. The Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel conducting a ...

Louisville has Jecorey “1200” Arthur – a musician known for his fusion of classical and hip hop music. But other musicians dabble in the same unique genre – including the duo Black Violin, made up of ...

Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel “The Violin Conspiracy” begins near the story’s end: Rayquan “Ray” McMillan, a classical violin soloist, has just had his Stradivarius violin — an instrument valued at ...

Classic rock is perhaps the most explosive of all the genres of music. Thinking about it, it’s easy to picture amplifiers spontaneously combusting thanks to the volume of electric guitars, giant drum ...