"This is a piece I have wanted to write for 10 years," says Gunther Schuller about his latest work, "Encounters," which he composed for next weekend's celebrations of the centennial of Jordan Hall, ...

"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.

There’s a new vitality in the classical music scene—and it would simply not exist without the creativity and support of queer people. A ChamberQUEER performance at Branded Saloon in Brooklyn. Picture ...

Michael Kurek is an classical music composer and professor at Vanderbilt University. Born in 1955, Professor Kurek earned his doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan and is a past ...