Focusing on the balance between accuracy and expression, this portrait painting session draws inspiration from John Singer Sargent’s methods. The discussion touches on anatomy, light direction, and ...

HAPPY Holidays! In keeping with a personal habit, let me diverge from writing about weightier topics. One of my regrets with the war in Ukraine was that I was hoping to go there, particularly Odesa ...

Entrenched assumptions can die hard. This is certainly the case with regard to the reputation of Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet (later 11th Baron le Despencer), the politician and connoisseur who ...

The Tesla Quartet will perform Saturday, Sept. 13, at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center as part of the Friends of Chamber Music series. Clarion Concerts in Columbia County begins a new era with the ...

A Trump administration executive order effectively mandates classical building on federal projects. Jeff Meddaugh / Jeff Meddaugh The would-be architect-in-chief is at it again. Late last month, ...

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Here are two big Shostakovich boxes, released to mark the 50 th anniversary of the composer’s death. Dmitri Kitajenko’s symphony cycle, a mixture of studio and live performances, was recorded between ...

The Executive Director of Newport Classical is stepping down to become President and CEO of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. The organization has increased community engagement, ...

It’s the weekend home of architect Gil Schafer, known for his “contemporary-classical” style, in Amenia, a Hudson Valley town, and the first of three homes he’s built for himself. Schafer, who made ...

It’s not exactly Bob Dylan or Prince, I was thinking as, arms waving, I conducted a large symphony orchestra. Resounding through the concert hall was the second movement of Beethoven’s "Symphony No. 6 ...