Grammy-nominated pianist Terrence Wilson will perform with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 17 at the Wachholz College Center, in celebration of 100 years of "Rhapsody in Blue" and featuring the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — It’s a rare person who isn’t familiar with George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” It is the most performed of all concert works and the recognition of its clarinet opening has been ...

"My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his autobiography, "was to show these skeptical people the advance which had been made in popular music from the day of the discordant early jazz to the ...

When one of this country's greatest composers died at age 39, novelist John O'Hara said, "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937. But I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." As is true for so ...

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...

On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...

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