Cleveland Orchestra What: Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Copland, Adams, Gershwin and Fleck. When: 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; 7 p.m. Friday. Where: Severance Hall ...

Tim Weed is used to the funny looks he gets when he tells people he plays classical music on the five-string banjo. In particular, he remembers the reaction he got from a European media mogul when he ...

Tim Weed has heard all the banjo jokes -- the constant digs about the banjo in the movie Deliverance or the Beverly Hillbillies TV show. But a funny thing happens when Weed actually plays the ...

Comedian Steve Martin joined the Philadelphia Orchestra for a remote performance over Father's Day weekend. Martin played the banjo during Saturday's HearNOW: At Home Gala, a free virtual concert that ...

A banjo and a symphony orchestra don’t sound in tune when you think about it. When the guest performer is the world’s premiere banjo virtuoso, Bèla Fleck, it’s in perfect harmony. The 18-time ...

From Bolero to Banjo isn't just the title of this weekend's Evansville Philharmonic Classics season opener, it is also what audiences can expect to experience. World-renowned banjo player Béla Fleck ...

Banjo player Béla Fleck will join Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to play Gershwin’s cinematic composition, plus one of Fleck’s original concertos. On June 11, Béla Fleck will perform his banjo-centric ...

What in the holy name of Earl Scruggs is a banjo doing in the middle of a 36-piece classical orchestra? The quick answer: trying to blend in - and not to blend in - at the same time On Sunday night, ...