Last week, Richard Dare wrote about why he thinks classical music today is falling out of favor. The problem, he says, is that we live in a "musical North Korea," with a stringent set of rules built ...

You’re at a classical music concert. The music stops and the crowd goes wild! Wait. No. Only YOU are going wild. And everyone is staring at you. You sink down low in your seat and hide… Don’t let this ...

Tuesday’s story about whether concertgoers should applaud between the movements of a piece of classical music (“Clap trap”) received a rousing response. Here’s a sampling of reader reaction: Give ...

It's time for the local band's latest gig. See you there? Well, maybe. The local band, in this case, is the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. And sometimes people miss out on the ASO's performances because ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

Not all audiences are the same, and my basic observation is that audience reactions depend as much on the behaviors of other audience members as on the performance they’re watching. The past weeks ...

Restrictive pricing, stuffy venues and no clapping between movements – there are a lot of barriers to enjoying classical music in its most traditional forms. Covering artists like Taylor Swift and ...