Once a year, Symphony in the Valley sets aside the classics for an evening of dance music, playing the songs of the Big Band era for its annual fundraising gala, “Symphony Swing.” “This is an evening ...

Symphony Swing, the Symphony in the Valley’s gala, will be presented at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs; and at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at Grand Valley High School ...

4 Western Piedmont Symphony to Present MASTERWORKS: MUSICAL WANDERLUST Season Finale Masterworks: Symphony Swings marks a special evening of classic American jazz, featuring renowned clarinetist ...

When trumpeter Byron Stripling takes the stage at Powell Hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30 to lead the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra through “Gospel According to Swing,” he will be returning to a city ...

Of all the multifold moods and personalities that course through the music of Leonard Bernstein, there are two traits that stand out as particularly characteristic — his jazzy energy and his tender, ...

Two of the world's leading musical institutions will share the stage at The Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany to premiere Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony (Symphony No. 3). The Berliner Philharmoniker ...

(St. Louis Public Radio) – Wynton Marsalis has championed traditional jazz for decades, working many of its styles into the big-band format. In 1997, the acclaimed trumpeter, composer and bandleader ...

The Abilene Philharmonic is trading tuxedos for Texas swing with a high-energy concert that blends Western tradition with symphonic flair. “From Saddle to Symphony Hall,” featuring Dave Alexander and ...

Bundling scary modern music with the warhorses audiences love is one of the oldest tricks in the concert-programming book. But it's rare to see it taken to such extremes as in this week's San ...

I can also never recall seeing members of the London Symphony Orchestra smiling throughout an entire performance before, nor see members of the audience react with such enthusiasm to a new work. A ...