Official: After 71 years, Jane is now the longest serving orchestral player

This week marked the eighty-something birthday of Jane Little and her 71st year in the bass section of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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Nations no longer matter in classical music

In reviewing the most recent San Diego Symphony concert, I made something of a big deal about countries of origin not being important in classical music. While that is true when it comes to performing or listening to classical music, it is not true when it comes to the composition of classical music — at least in the past. Current composers appear to have abandoned notions of a national sound.

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A broken trumpet from a sunken warship holds its secrets from WWII

The old, bent trumpet is dripping with water as Shanna Daniel lifts it from its basin in the conservation lab at the Washington Navy Yard.

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SLO Symphony welcomes its first female conductor

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How Marin Alsop's classes for young women conductors are changing the face of the profession

One female conductor I recently interviewed suggested that a greater number of women conductors could potentially transform the profession's nature, making it less despotic and more collaborative and nurturing. Alsop, though, isn't so sure.

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Renée Fleming: 'Live cinema is a threat to opera'

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Watch Yuja Wang deliver an almighty death stare to her page turner

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