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With a CD and an upcoming benefit concert, local musicians are focusing on the local scourge of homelessness.

Step one with any instrument. Here's how to get off on the right foot ... er, hand, with the guitar.

London is featured in some of the greatest music ever created. Here’s a tribute to a city whose musical history is nonpareil.

Looking for a great gift? Check out these 17 books about music and musicians that are sure to inspire.

In this season when classical music is part of popular tradition, there’s a Messiah round every corner, and you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Nutcracker dancer. So here’s your guide to the holiday concert season, nutcrackers, carols, and all.

In Chicago, opera lovers are suddenly reveling in two new opera companies whose repertory expands and complements Chicago Lyric Opera.

Conrad Susa died at age 78, he was a distinguished educator and prolific composer with hundreds of works to his credit.

If getting to know Benjamin Britten's music is on your to-do list, you can begin with this playlist of pieces from his most celebrated works as well as some lesser-known music.

Boy choirs are having to adapt to the earlier onset of puberty, which often changes the voice before the musician can catch up.

Youth Orchestra Conductor Donato Cabrera talks about the upcoming concert featuring Copland, Bloch, and Nielsen; how to build a rapport with the young musicians, telling a story through music.