Category: Music

Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88

He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can forget “The Concerto for Horn and Hardart?”
‘Stereophonic,’ a New Play About Making Music, to Open on Broadway

Written by David Adjmi and featuring songs by Will Butler, the drama follows five musicians making an album in the 1970s.
‘Stereophonic,’ a New Play About Making Music, to Open on Broadway

Written by David Adjmi and featuring songs by Will Butler, the drama follows five musicians making an album in the early 1970s.
At 70, the Composer Georg Friedrich Haas Encourages Self-Discovery

One of Haas’s former students reflects on his time with a teacher who had lessons to offer in music, doubt and influence.
Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.

Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.
Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Dies at 82

She sparred with avant-garde instrumentalists and used electronics to alter and extend her vocal palette. She was also at home in more conventional settings.
Phill Niblock, Dedicated Avant-Gardist of Music and Film, Dies at 90

Making music with no melody or rhythm and films with no plot, he became a darling of New York’s experimental underground.
Hilary Hahn Announced as Avery Fisher Prize Winner at Philharmonic Concert

The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize.
Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra

Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
An Opera Superfan’s Surprise Gift: $1.7 Million for the Arts

Lois Kirschenbaum, who died in 2021, made the donations to cultural groups from unexpectedly large life savings.
Alice Parker, Composer Who Heard Music in Poetry, Dies at 98

A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals used in concert halls and churches countrywide.
The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

For Jonathan Tunick, an early love of “Tubby the Tuba” led to a career as an orchestrator. He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.”