The Chicago Philharmonic will perform AMERICAN MAVERICKS at the new Elie Wiesel Auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center, one of the first performances in the landmark space, featuring guest artists Kishi Bashi and others.
The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir announced its 32nd season, titled Journeys, featuring six subscription concerts, a free community event, and guest conductors including Voces 8 Artistic Director Barnaby Smith and Jason Max Ferdinand.
I caught up with Heartbeat Opera’s reinvention of Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera, VANESSA, to Giancarlo Menotti’s libretto, a few days after its debut at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York, after premiering last summer at the Williamstown (MA) Theatre Festival.
National Philharmonic revealed its 2026-27 season at The Music Center at Strathmore, featuring the East Coast premiere of Jocelyn Hagen's What The Soul Already Knows and works by Beethoven, Copland, and Dvořák.
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will return for its 43rd season, featuring 13 concerts celebrating American music, BCM founder Marya Martin’s 50th anniversary in the U.S., and more.
The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.
The Miami City Ballet Orchestra will make its on-stage debut as the featured attraction at Sanctuary of the Arts in Coral Gables, performing ballet and classical masterworks conducted by Maestro Gary Sheldon.
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts will present the New York premiere of Lisa Bielawa's violin concerto PULSE, featuring soloist Tessa Lark with The Knights, conducted by Eric Jacobsen, at Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell.
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players will perform at the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico, marking the ensemble's first visit to the island. The program includes works by Carlos Simon, Samuel Barber, and Dvořák.
The Houston Ebony Opera Guild will present OPERA GEMS: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN OPERA on April 26, 2026, at Heights Church, featuring works by Scott Joplin, William Grant Still, Samuel Barber, and Terence Blanchard.
When Charlotte Symphony announced their 2025-26 schedule last March, they couldn’t have predicted the serendipity of two recent concerts a year later. Three subsequent events had to align. Houston Grand Opera’s world premiere recording of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence had to be released in August, and the recording, conducted by Charlotte Symphony music director Kwamé Ryan and starring soprano Janai Brugger, had to be nominated for a Grammy Award.
The San Francisco Symphony has revealed details of the Orchestra’s 115th season. The 2026–27 season features 26 guest conductors, including five making their Orchestral Series debuts, alongside a lineup of returning and debuting guest artists.
New York-based percussion and piano quartet Yarn/Wire (Russell Greenberg and Dustin Donahue, percussion; Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer, pianos) will make its debut with the New York Philharmonic.
The Juilliard School will continue its Juilliard at Zankel Hall partnership with Carnegie Hall this spring with three more performances featuring Juilliard students and leading artists in programs that span American orchestral music and more.
Seattle Chamber Music Society has revealed the programming for its 2026 Summer Festival. Classical music luminaries will come together for outstanding chamber music collaborations.
The Pasadena Chorale will present SONGS OF LOVE, an intimate concert exploring themes of romance, devotion, and loss, on March 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at San Marino Community Church.
Naumburg at MSM, a recital series showcasing Naumburg artists with ties to Manhattan School of Music, will present mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner in collaboration with pianist Maureen Zoltek.
The two-time GRAMMY Award-winning Albany Symphony has unveiled its 2026-2027 season, an expansive musical journey that bridges centuries, continents, and traditions.
Heartbeat Opera will present its adaptation of Vanessa in New York City from May 12 through May 31, 2026 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will conclude its 20-city U.S. tour with performances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The event marks the inaugural season under new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
