classical music

Classically trained in vocal performance at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Holden Madagame was a mezzo soprano. But today,…

The 35-minute, four-movement concerto by Michigan State University associate professor of composition Zhou Tian caught the ear of The Recording Academy,…

Violin teachers usually earn their reputations through the fame and virtuosity of their students. But every virtuoso has to start somewhere, and those…

Ann Arbor native and Hollywood composer Stephen Edwards owes his successful career of creating scores for movies and TV to his mother, Rosalie Edwards.…

Leonard Slatkin will step down as Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director at the end of the 2017-2018 season.That doesn't mean he'll be putting down his…

George Shirley, emeritus professor at the University of Michigan School of Music, Dance and Theatre, recently received the National Medal of Arts from…

Classical music lovers can now watch the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform as often as they want, from the comfort of their living rooms.The DSO is…

Tod Machover is a composer and professor from MIT. It’s his job to create a Symphony for Detroit and he’s asking Detroiters for help. Right now he’s…

KISS bass player and noted "God of Thunder" Gene Simmons says a film about his band's visit to Cadillac, MI in 1975 is now fully funded and in…

Cellist Yo Yo Ma and a few other renowned artists were in Detroit this week, working with some very young musicians."Can we say…