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Bel canto star Lawrence Brownlee gives us the gift of newly commissioned music setting Harlem Renaissance poets, sung with "utterly convincing delivery" in his album Rising, chosen as WXXI Classical's CD Spotlight this month. Read more from WXXI announcer James Aldrich-Moodie, aka JAM.

Guitarist Sean Shibe pushes his instrument to the limit in new music written for him by Thomas Adès, and softens the vibe with intimate pieces by Bach, Mompou and the eccentric street musician Moondog.

Since its founding in 2016, GrassRoots Culture Camp has offered instruction in an array of roots music genres – everything from Cajun and country to old-time and Zydeco – and a variety of instruments. Students come from all over the country for the four days preceding the annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, to take workshops taught in an intimate setting by some of the country’s top players.

Dubbed by Frank DeBlase as the "Top Cat on the Bottom End," Rochester-based bassist Brian Williams seems to be everywhere. He plays everything from swing…

La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a male-dominated field.

On Sunday, February 11, 2018, Asbury First United Methodist Church in downtown Rochester was the perfect venue for Voices Chamber Choir and Orchestra to…

The tenor's musical tastes aren't confined to Puccini, Bizet and Strauss. His new, self-titled album gives him a chance to put his mark on everything from American spirituals to Top 40 hits.

During our “Opera Intervention” on Connections, I promised that I would send some links to great opera productions that you can watch online. I’m still…

With a muscular, mahogany-colored voice, one of the today's finest tenors sings his way through the hits and lesser-known operas by Puccini.

From November 4 – 7th, audiences in Kilbourn Hall will see a piano played in mind-bending ways during a double bill of American operas at the Eastman School of Music.