What are the best Christmas carols of all time? We asked 50 choirmasters for their choices... here are the results

The Dallas Morning News once described Terry Loftis as a “rainmaker” for the arts — certainly an apropos description of his time leading The Arts Community Alliance, which doles out grants to area arts organizations which has been helping theaters ...

Composers used to like nothing better than to sit down at the harpsichord or pianoforte and improvise on their own works. Bach, Handel and Beethoven were as well known for their improvisations as for their written compositions. Now Composer-Pianist Lukas ...

At the opera, my highlights of 2025 included Washington National Opera’s winning “ Porgy and Bess ,” a revival of artistic director Francesca Zambello’s 2005 production that let the beauty of the music lead the way — conductor Kwamé Ryan led the Washington National Opera Orchestra with attentive affection for the score.

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise

Although Yi and their classmates had a communal love for “Hamilton,” they had no idea what being involved in a musical was like.