What You Need to Know About the Evolution of Classical Music

A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between.
The Economist

Period instruments bring the music of the past alive

“DIDO’S GHOST”, a new opera which had its premiere this month at the Barbican Centre in London, is a beguiling mix of old and new. Errollyn Wallen, a Belize-born British composer, and Wesley Stace, a ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston Early Music concert features period instruments -- and fencing

This weekend, for one day only, the elegant simplicity of the light-filled University of Houston Chapel will be transformed into a sonic museum. That is how Deborah Dunham likes to describe the work ...
Albuquerque Journal

Diderot String Quartet brings a musical dialogue to the New Mexico Museum of Art

The Diderot String Quartet is bringing a dialogue between instruments to the New Mexico Museum of Art on Sunday, April 12. Johanna Novom is one of two violinists in the quartet. She said in the ...
The Harvard Crimson

So You Want to Listen To Classical Music

For many listeners, classical music conjures up images of old men in powdered wigs, ballerinas in swan-like tutus, perhaps even a season or two of Bridgerton. The origins of classical music are rooted ...