Martin Strother, the bass who has been one of the ubiquitous voices of Richmond for decades, has died at 60. He taught at Virginia Union University, Virginia State University and the University of Richmond, and sang in numerous concerts and...

Simon Rattle, the onetime Wunderkind English conductor, builds a durable relationship with the "liberated" Berlin Philharmonic, Mark Swed writes in the Los Angeles...

Britain's Independent reports on a newly unearthed letter revealing that Edward Elgar was a laughably bad trombone player: www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/news/great-composer-shame-he-couldnt-play-1824125.html Possibly related...

The Richmond Symphony's "Come & Play," in which community musicians play alongside members of the symphony, will be staged on Nov. 22 at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center, Broad and Harrison streets. A rehearsal will run from 2:30 to 5...

The Richmond Festival of Music, the chamber-music series devised and directed by cellist James Wilson, will preview its spring 2010 edition with events in December and February. "Winter Baroque" programs, played on period instruments, will be staged...