Copland News

Florentine Opera's Studio Artists go for the romantic jugular this weekend in Isn't It Romantic? From left: Dan Richardson, Matthew Richardson, Erica Schuller and Kristen DiNinno.

Last week, seven pieces of student artwork from the "Music in Pictures" project already were hanging at The Hidden Lantern Gallery, and curator Lauren Carvalho was preparing to hang another 43 more.

While traditional tango can trace its origins to the working class dance halls of 1930s Buenos Aires, the Tango Nuevo performance the North Carolina Symphony gave Thursday night at Memorial Hall made it clear that this quintessential genre also can be suitable for a concert hall.

Music of John Denver, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and the rock group Kansas all are coming this summer to the Grand Rapids Symphony's Picnic Pops.

Contra Costa County's only professional orchestra, California Symphony, presents the second regular concert of its 25th Anniversary Season, the Romance of the Cello , featuring world-renowned cellist and classical music "rock star" Joshua Roman.

It's been a long time since an American classical composer became famous, much less popular.