“The students show up in mid-to-late August, they take auditions, it's several days into the semester before we have our first rehearsal … getting it up and running is always the most challenging ...

One of the 20th century’s most enduring, endearing works of classical music, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” was written and premiered in 1924. This weekend, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) ...

‘Rhapsody in Blue,” George Gershwin’s groundbreaking blend of jazz sounds and classical music structure, was subtitled “An Experiment in Modern Music” when it debuted in New York City on Feb. 12, 1924 ...

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BRATTLEBORO -- Hugh Keelan is pulling double duty in his first concert as music director of the Windham Orchestra -- and loving it. Not content with merely waving the conductor’s baton, Keelan will ...

Live from Severance: Rhapsody in Blue features The Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of conductor David Robertson, with renowned pianist Marc-André Hamelin as the soloist. The concert includes a ...

The Redlands Community Orchestra will present a concert featuring George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” 3 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in Clock Auditorium on the Redlands High School campus, 840 E. Citrus Ave.

It took George Gershwin just days to write one of today's most recognized musical compositions, "Rhapsody in Blue." The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform this iconic Jazz Age masterpiece, along ...

Lancaster Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 2023-24 season off this September, bringing with it both popular and obscure performances. New this year, most concerts will be held at the Gardner ...

“Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue” features the Marcus Roberts Trio and singer Catherine Russell. In the 1920s, the relatively new music genre known as jazz was rapidly becoming ...

For Mother's Day luncheon, The Jazz Corner presented another in their "Classical meets Jazz" series of concerts, "Rhapsody in Blue." The opening clarinet trill, a scale, then the slowly extruded ...

On August 5, 1924, Mayor Dan Hart of Wilkes-Barre proposed a new law. The Record newspaper said it was an ordinance “penalizing the playing of jazz on the streets and in public places, his purpose ...