Gunther Schuller leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in rehearsal in Jordan Hall, 1990. Schuller coined the term "Third Stream" when referring to the genre that blends classical and jazz. From jazz to ...

Classical music just found its next moment of magic as trumpet virtuoso, TBRASS, returns with Sagina, a stunning new release that redefines what it means to blend tradition with innovation. Following ...

Jazz people like to brag that their idiom is “America’s classical music.” But if you catch some of them in a certain mood, you’ll find that they long to merge their art with what much of the Western ...

On the classical end, he's recorded albums of his own compositions, including one with the Budapest Radio Orchestra. From his time in Los Angeles, you can catch him on the scores to "Back to the ...

This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical Classroom, i.e., the humiliation of the show's host. Trumpet ...

Antoine Reicha’s L’Arte de varier tantalises before you’ve heard a note; the composer’s Opus 57, its theme followed by 57 variations. Reicha was an exact contemporary of Beethoven and reportedly the ...

The trumpet was the star instrument of the baroque period, but it fell out of favor not long after. “There are no trumpet concertos by Beethoven or Brahms,” trumpeter Steve Charpie said in a recent ...

Varieties of trumpet and mutes. Photo by Dacia Clay. This episode does double duty: teaches you all about the trumpet and trumpet playing, while carrying out the secondary mission of Classical ...