On Reel Music, we explore orchestral themes from cinema’s most memorable films. This week, we focus on the music that defined Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic world. With Hitchcock, a few notes are all it ...

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 ...

It was cold and snowy in New York City 100 years ago today, and Aeolian Hall, across from Bryant Park, was packed. Composers Sergei Rachmaninov and John Philip Sousa were in the audience, along with ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

An elegant streaming service for a more civilized age. Image: Public domain/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Apple Music Classical is a new app for iPhone specifically designed as a great experience for ...