Her work for cello, comissioned by Newport Classical and premiering this weekend, is inspired by the Wampanoag people.

Watch and listen to recent highlights, including “The Comet/Poppea,” a Dave Malloy song cycle and a soprano’s surprise turn ...

Jennifer Higdon won't apologize for writing accessible music The Pulitzer-winning composer wants her music to speak to everyone, from farmers to children to the classical intelligentsia ...

A new album from the guitarist for the rock band The National spotlights pieces he’s written for friends like Katia Labèque, Colin Currie and Pekka Kuusisto.

Saying "Classical music is boring" is like saying "Books are boring." The dismissal is so broad it's insupportable. Some classical music is boring, just as some books are. Some simply takes more ...

Reading and writing music once again became an activity for specialists, a modern-day equivalent of medieval monks laboriously copying out illuminated manuscripts.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

It’s one of the most enduringly popular classical music forms ever created, but what makes a piece of music a ‘concerto’, and where did it come from? We explore ...

In a wood-paneled practice room on the lower level of Granoff Music Center, graduating senior Matthew Winkler sat down to talk about his love of classical music, his years writing for the ...

Apple Music Classical is a new music streaming app that works with an Apple Music subscription. Use these tips and tricks to understand how it works.

"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum.