The 42-year-old, modern classical composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a self-described “late-bloomer.” Now one of the brightest new lights on the modern classical scene, he studied music at the ...

Composers and musicians in the world of contemporary classical music have compared it to abstract art. In contrast to the flowing, musically descriptive melodies of the classical composers of past ...

It is time once again to give thanks to and for the rich, vital community of musicians and composers in Atlanta who are making post-classical or new classical or whatever label one chooses to identify ...

Bach, Beethoven and Brahms are brilliant, but there’s something to be said for more recent music by living composers. The Johnstone Fund for New Music offers just that – bold new works by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ongoing growth of modern classical music, a cause long championed by Columbus community leaders Jack and Zoe Johnstone, led to ...

A critic unpacks the month-long program featuring 430 artists and presenting more than 70 pieces of music for the very first time, most by Illinois composers. Like a blue moon, a festival with a ...

A tense scene unfolds in a blockbuster film, the mood heightened not by thundering sound effects, but by the precise, haunting notes of a solo violin. This marriage of classical artistry and modern ...

Stephen Limbaugh's "Pants" is on fire. His most recent album -- titled "Pants" -- hit No. 16 on Billboard's classical charts last month, a feat he says was thrilling. In 2004, the Cape Girardeau ...

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