You have a spare 30 minutes during your work day. Rather than just bolting a sandwich and scrolling through your X feed, why not sit back and let a beautiful piece of classical music soothe your soul?

Caterina Barbieri, 35, plays gigs on banks of synthesizers. That makes her a surprising choice to lead the cerebral Venice ...

Ever get lost in the sound of birdsong or the gentle whistle of the wind as it moves through leaves? Do you enjoy the tranquil escape of meditation? What about the transportive effects of the finest ...

Whether you have a favorite seat at the symphony or you aren’t quite sure of the difference between a violin and a viola, the sound of contemporary classical music can elicit feelings of discomfort.

Michael Kurek is an classical music composer and professor at Vanderbilt University. Born in 1955, Professor Kurek earned his doctorate in composition from the University of Michigan and is a past ...

Nancy Galbraith has been publishing her orchestral musical compositions since 1979. But even four-plus decades is a drop in the bucket, compared to the centuries’ worth of classical music written over ...

In the early 1990s, I was in a chorus assigned to sing a contemporary classical piece that was, in a word, hideous. Almost willfully so, it seemed. It wasn’t in any home key — it was atonal — giving ...

Learn the best reasons why you need to learn classical guitar as a starting point for your musical journey, if you want to go ...

The composer is an undeniable part of the classical music canon. Does that change the meaning of his radical early work? Opening night of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2014 production of The Death of ...