"If it had been left up to me,” says Susan Hoover of her new book, “it would never have been...

Poné Ensemble A misplaced program caused me to omit last month my review of the Poné Ensemble’s April 3 concert, at...

(José Francisco Salgado) Canadian composer John Estacio had a startling experience when he moved to the city of Edmonton. It...

Yalin Chi Pianist Yalin Chi, assisted by the newly renovated piano at Saugerties United Methodist Church, opened her program there...

Mark Wunderlich For nearly a decade, the series now known as New World Writers’ Night has been tapping into the...

Dorothea Lange’s Sand drifts. Dalhart, Texas, June 1938 (Library of Congress | Prints & Photographs Division) Hudson Valley Philharmonic pays...

Helena Baillie (photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco) and Babette Hierholzer. The first time that Helena Baillie and Babette Hierholzer performed together,...

Garry Kvistad (photo by Carol Judson) Is Garry Kvistad a businessman who plays percussion, or a percussionist who runs a...

Elisha Abas (above) turned away from the piano at the age of 14 and pursued a career as a professional...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) During my first season reviewing Maverick Concerts, in the mid-1970s, I was surprised and gratified by...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) During my first season reviewing Maverick Concerts, in the mid-1970s, I was surprised and gratified by...

  One hundred years! That’s the age both of Hervey White’s magnificent Maverick Concert Hall and of the concert series...

Ars Choralis will perform a selection of love songs, including tunes from Jerome Kern and Paul Simon, an a cappella...

Eugenia Zukerman and Babette Hierholzer "A Celebration of Women in Music,” Babette Hierholzer says, came about through a meeting of...

Deck the halls with boughs of Christmas choral music! That’s the situation every December, and it’s about to start again....

Akiko Kamigawara playing on Tinker Street in Woodstock. (photo by Dion Ogust) In September, I heard violinist Akiko Kamigawara playing...

Marka Young When Kathleen Beckmann retired as orchestral director at Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, she decided to look...

  When I came to the Hudson Valley four decades ago, there was not very much classical music in the...

(Photo by Dion Ogust) Hearing musicians outdoors in Woodstock is not a surprise. But it was a big surprise —startling,...

Dan Tepfer (photo by Vincent Seyez) When the young French-American jazz pianist Dan Tepfer brought his version of Bach’s Goldberg...