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LA Phil, Liquid Music, and USC Thornton School of Music will present Crossing Open Ground, a performance by John Luther Adams, concluding the 2025/26 Body and Sound Festival at Elysian Park.

Passim School of Music's DIY Album Release with Naomi Westwater, will take participants through creating an album release timeline, drafting a budget, and much more.

The Manhattan School of Music Community will take centerstage at Carnegie Hall as operatic tenor Jonathan Tetelman and Latin Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist, and five-time New York Yankees All-Star Bernie Williams headline an expansive program.

Composer Peri Mauer will premiere a new work for flute, and then there were, at Saint John’s in the Village. The performance will feature flutist Mina Sukovic and will appear on a program of contemporary works presented by Composers Concordance.

Pianist and Cork native Ellen Jansson will return to Cork next week, joining both local and international musicians to perform in aid of Palestinian charities.

Passim's School of Music is celebrating the incredible work of beloved local musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Lori McKenna this fall with a new class taught by acclaimed teacher and performer Janet Feld.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has received a lead gift of more than $10.1 million — the largest single gift in UNCSA history. Learn more!

 In a special one-day-only Passim School of Music workshop, Songs in Doric Scots, guests will get a hands-on exploration of the traditional songs in the Doric Scots dialect of Northeast Scotland.

In its 19th season, Ensemble Connect will welcome 12 new young professional musicians to take part in its celebrated fellowship program over the next two years. Learn more!

Learn the roots of the blues with Paul Rishell, one of today’s most respected country blues artists and a W.C. Handy Award winner. His workshop, Country Blues Guitar: The Basics and Beyond, offered through the Passim School of Music’s fall classes.

The Jupiter String Quartet has announced that violinist Mélanie Clapiès will join the ensemble this fall, succeeding founding member Nelson Lee. Clapiès will perform alongside violinist Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel, and cellist Daniel McDonough.

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will open its 2025-26 season with a program of premieres: a solo for Rachele Perla and a 50-minute company work to music by Tonia Ko at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn.

Gateways Music Festival, in association with the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, will launch its 2025–2026 season with a Fall Festival in Rochester, NY, from October 13–16, and conclude with a Spring 2026 homecoming to Winston-Salem, NC.

As part of their Summer School of Music classes, Boston musician Trevin Nelson will lead the special workshop “Pete Seeger: Folk Songs of Hope.” Learn more here!

Bloomingdale School of Music on the Upper West Side of Manhattan has announced its Fall 2025 lineup of classes aimed at educating students of all ages, while instilling a sense of fun and passion for self-discovery.