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Do Orchestras Really Need Conductors? Exploring the Good, the Bad, and the Beat

Linguist and New York Times columnist John McWhorter joins pianist Lara Downs to explore the history of American music as a joyful noise, even in the toughest times.

A musical walk down memory lane.

"Music that stinks to the ear?" Mark Malinowski explores how critics originally panned masterworks by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Chopin.

One hundred years after her birth, Maria Callas still commands attention in the world of opera, which she forever altered with her singular, searing performances.

Judith Krummeck explores how immigrant composers shaped American classical music—and how America changed them in return.

Discover a broad spectrum of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic hell rides and soaring voices to searing string quartets, cathartic choirs and one amazing comeback.

WBJC's Gavin Witt chats with Natasha Mirny of Sol Lab about Lost Ship at Baltimore Theater Project

The composer, in a new collaboration with the Grammy-winning choir The Crossing, uses the words of Jeff Bezos and William Penn to explore connections among farming, colonialism and capitalism.

The composer of Breaking the Waves speaks candidly about equity in her field, the importance of role models and the unglamorous side of writing music every day.