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San Francisco Symphony’s Maestro to Step Down, Citing Split With Board
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the ensemble’s music director, said that he no longer shared the same goals as the administration, which has…
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A 20-Year-Old Transcriber Is Turning Sheet Music Into Hot Content
George Collier started his YouTube channel as a way to stay engaged with music during the pandemic. Now nearly a…
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At City Ballet, 2 Sparkling Premieres and Many Moments to Remember
New works, by Alexei Ratmansky and Tiler Peck, and revivals brought solace and sadness, beauty and humor — and full-out,…
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Don Cherry
Listen to favorite songs by an adventurous musician who pushed the boundaries of jazz, selected by writers and musicians including…
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Jacqueline Woodson’s Books Leap Off the Page, at BAM
A dance performance of “The Other Side” and a musical adaptation of “Show Way” head to the Brooklyn stage for…
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‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Review: A Musical Paradise, Even in Purgatory
Did Jelly Roll Morton “invent” jazz, as he claimed? A sensational Encores! revival offers a postmortem prosecution of one of…
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Covering the Rise of Tracy Chapman
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Tracy Chapman’s ascent to the pop stratosphere in 1988 was not…
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Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring
“The Notebook” and “Cabaret” land on Broadway. Olivia Rodrigo’s tour stops in Manhattan. Plus: Herbie Hancock, Heartbeat Opera and Trisha…
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World
Randy Sparks, Founder of the New Christy Minstrels, Dies at 90
With a keen eye for young talent, he helped boost the careers of Steve Martin, John Denver, Kenny Rogers and…
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Magazine
Listening to Music Is Better When It’s a Conversation Among Friends
At group listening sessions, everybody gets a turn to speak by choosing a song.