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After announcing a robust new 16-LP box set in 2024, Harry Potter: The Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Rhino now shares four individual Motion Picture Soundtrack LPs from the Harry Potter franchise. 

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to Wharton Center with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. Learn how to attend.

Love will ring out when the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) presents its annual Spring Concert over Mother's Day weekend, Saturday, May 10, 7 pm, at First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, and Sunday, May 11, 7 pm, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.

On Wednesday, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) announced their 2025-2026 season, titled The Place I Belong. Featuring four Masterworks and three Pops performances, as well as several free community concerts and special events, this year of programming marks the WSO's 96th season.

The Scott Dunn Orchestra (SDO) has its inaugural concert at the Bram Goldsmith Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts next month.

Mount Wilson Observatory, Southern California’s esteemed home to several of the most groundbreaking astronomical discoveries in history, has announced its 2025 season of public events and telescope observing opportunities.

The Cape Ann Symphony’s 73rd Concert Season will wrap up with The Swirling Romantics Concert featuring guest artist globally celebrated pianist Myron Romanul and the music of Jean Sibelius and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the GRAMMY Museum will host a special free screening of the award-winning documentary Far East Deep South on Saturday, April 26, 2025, followed by a live Q&A and an unforgettable musical performance by acclaimed Asian American artists.

The 2025 Lowell Folk Festival has announced the first group of artists scheduled to perform at one of America’s most popular free summer events. The event takes place July 25-27 on stages throughout the Mill City. 

Tanglewood will kick off its summer activities with Top Gun: Maverick in Concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The Boston Pops will perform the score live to picture, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulous on Friday, June 20 at 8 p.m.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026. Learn more about the season programming here!

Composer, producer, and recording artist Atticus Ross will be honored with the BMI Icon Award at the 41st Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on May 14th in Beverly Hills, CA.

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to Chrysler Hall with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. Learn more here!

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has revealed its 2025–2026 Season in the Wintergarden of the Benjamin and Miriam Schuster Performing Arts Center. Learn more!

MUSE/IQUE and Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby continue their 2025 season with four performances of WELCOME TO THE DREAM FACTORY: The Hollywood Imagination and the Immigrant Composers Who Built It.

Symphony San Jose has revealed its 2025/2026 season—one filled with an exciting mix of classical masterpieces, contemporary discoveries, light classics, film music, pops, ballet, and education concerts. Learn more!

American conductor James Gaffigan will embark on three upcoming U.S. engagements, leading performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Award-winning composer, music director, conductor, and pianist Joe Hisaishi will make his debut with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center. Learn how to purchase tickets.

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Subdirección General de Educación e Investigación Artísticas (SGEIA) y la Escuela de Iniciación Artística (EIA) No. 4, en colaboración con la Escuela Mexicana de Música para Cine, ha organizado la mesa de reflexión Perspectivas de la composición de música para cine, en la que compositoras del ámbito cinematográfico compartirán sus experiencias y reflexiones sobre este oficio.

ArtsRock and Rivertown Film will present a very special evening with six-time Grammy Award-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin. Maestro Slatkin and WQXR host, Elliott Forrest will chronicle the history of movie music, from silent films (that were never silent), to today, presenting 30 film clips.