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Michigan Central Station opens its doors - Trains
Trains.com· 6 days agoThe open house was preceded on Thursday night by a gala concert in front of the station, co-produced by the hip-hop icon Eminem and featuring the Detroit...
Civic Orchestra of Chicago Venezuelan fellow brings music to migrants
dpa international via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLina Yamin and six other musicians found themselves breathing heavily as they held back tears while...
Never bang a drum, slowly or otherwise
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoTonight — May 30 — is the world premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s “Procession,” written especially for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ...
Transcript: Jessie Montgomery reflects on her tenure as CSO’s composer in residence
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 21 hours agoJessie Montgomery is a leading voice of a new generation of classical composers. Montgomery sat down with WBEZ's Courtney Kueppers after a rehearsal at Symphony Center. COURTNEY ...
Eminem, Diana Ross, more mark official reopening of Michigan Central Station
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen a concert opens with Diana Ross and ends with a surprise performance by Eminem, you know you’re...
Gone in a Six-Year Flash: Farewell to the New York Phil’s Maestro
New York Times· 7 days agoThe pandemic-derailed tenure of Jaap van Zweden, the orchestra’s music director, was too short to...
Jaap van Zweden Steps Down as New York Philharmonic Music Director
Broadway World· 4 days agoAccording various sources, Jaap van Zweden will step down as the music director of the New York...
Exit CSO composer in residence. Enter Jessie Montgomery, Chicago’s most in-demand classical...
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 2 days agoThe composer Jessie Montgomery is sitting in the studio of Third Coast Percussion, the...
Philadelphia Orchestra renames hall after hometown legend Marian Anderson
NPR· 3 days agoMy own tears came when the orchestra played music by Florence Price — a colleague and friend of Anderson’s, and a composer who took her own place in the history books in 1933 ...
What's that beautiful noise? It's the summer concert season in Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoAmazing music will fill the Chicago area this summer — you'll be jamming from Memorial Day to Labor...