Highlights include Smash Mouth at SeaWorld, comedian Cristela Alonzo, a new music festival and bluegrass star Molly Tuttle.

Here are 21 fun things you can do for free. The L.A. Music Center’s 47th annual Very Special Arts Festival will take place 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing ...

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, art history’s greatest couple, find lasting love in the underworld in composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s captivating opera El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, set to a libretto ...

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Classical music returns to Mockingbird Station this month with Summer Classical Music Series, beginning May 16. The series ...

These shows demystify a genre unfairly perceived as archaic and stuffy with expert analysis, musical selections and pure fun.

A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between. By Mitchell Kuga The origins of what we think of as Western classical music date back to the 10th century, with the development ...

Estevan Olmos was walking through campus minutes before the premiere of one of his pieces when he checked Facebook Messenger.

Join renowned pianist and host Emanuel Ax for Classical Music Happy Hour: a new podcast full of music, merriment, and conversation. Manny (Emanuel) talks with an eclectic lineup of composers, ...

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The former music director of the Fort Worth Symphony has found a home in Houston teaching the next generation of maestros.