The London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the diverse sounds on her new album Odyssey. It's her first time writing for and conducting strings. The ...

The CLEVELAND STRING QUARTET was a chamber music group attached to the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA in the 1920s and 1930s and composed of principal players from the orchestra's string section. Formed in 1919, ...

One of the more renewable satisfying and sublime traditions in Santa Barbara’s classical music culture has been the ...

ASPEN – Becoming a string quartet player is an odd thing. You choose, usually at a young age, to partner with three other people who, ideally, will be at your side for years to come. Given the ...

The music industry has a long and storied tradition of taking original hits and transforming them into something else entirely. Who can forget Pat Boone, who topped the pop charts with his ...

The saxophonist Nubya Garcia gets asked about it all the time. What is it like to be a woman in the jazz world? NUBYA GARCIA: Yes, it's male-dominated. I will also say that there is a really beautiful ...