To get an idea of Brent Edstrom’s style, go to <strong>brentedstrom.com to see a video clip from his first concerto performed with Orchestra Seattle following its ...

As the composer’s new double bass concerto premieres this week in the London jazz festival, Simon Bainbridge explains how the collaborative work took shape, and why – if it wasn’t for an early morning ...

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 ...

For Mimi Dye, jazz did more than provide an escape route from classical music: It threw open a door to the rest of the world. The Palo Alto violist, violinist, composer and educator had spent decades ...

Mike Krikava: music director, tenor, baritone sax, flute, clarinet (3, 5, 7-9, 12); John Ahern: trumpet; Pete Davis: trumpet; Gus Lindquist: trumpet; Frank Abrahamson ...

As one of the world’s most acclaimed young violinists, Nicola Benedetti has earned a stellar reputation for her ability to perform some of the most challenging works in classical music with flawless ...

You can tell from just one look that Concerto is serious music seriously played by serious musicians. In the cover photo, Stein presents what us folks in the cliché trade would call "a stern visage ...

Composer and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey isn’t anti-concerto, but when he started to write a new work for saxophonist Timothy McAllister, he shied away from traditional thinking. That means there are ...

Beautiful things can happen at the intersection of jazz and classical music. Witness: Jeff Tyzik, principal pops conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, writing a jazz concerto for RPO ...

Composers over the centuries have utilized music written by their predecessors as building blocks in their own works, whether Brahms’s “Variations on a Theme by Haydn,” Mozart’s “Variations on a Theme ...