I arrived at Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville, Texas, in September 2023 and found my way to the gym of the lower school, where the K–5 students gather every morning. Usually the kids from one ...

In a high-concept meta bait-and-switch, Pam Tanowitz choreographed Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony, then swapped out the score for a new para-Pastoral, by Caroline Shaw. Anyone (okay, almost nobody) can ...

My album of the year came as a real surprise to me, Arvo Pärt’s output hitherto not leaving much of an impression. But Credo (Alpha Classics), from the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Pärt's ...

Let us make the case that the most successful music conservatory is not in Paris, Vienna or Berlin but rather, in a house on a tree-lined street in Nottingham, England. It might be an unpretentious ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Adès, ...

Donnacha Dennehy, ‘Land of Winter’; Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, conductor (Nonesuch) How do you compose light? That was the task that the Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy took on in writing “Land ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

Families in Miami-Dade seem increasingly interested in having their children study the classics — think Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. As classical education charter schools like True North move into ...

“In the District of Columbia, classical architecture shall be the preferred and default architecture for Federal public buildings absent exceptional factors necessitating another kind of architecture, ...

As new classical schools sprout nationwide, fueling a revival of liberal arts and virtues-based education, there is no reliable pipeline of trained teachers from which to recruit. Classical education ...

Why air-conditioning is the wrong climate villain. I’ll admit that I’ve rarely hesitated to point an accusing finger at air-conditioning. I’ve outlined in many stories and newsletters that AC is a ...