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Self played tuba on more than 1,500 film scores, including ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Home Alone,’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind.’

We pick the theme — you choose the variation by requesting a piece of music inspired by that theme.

A Juilliard-educated composer working in Dallas, Texas, Cziner has long held a connection to Minnesota and has been a collaborator with the Lakes Area Music Festival.

Accompanying and dramatizing a silent movie with live, original music is somewhat of a lost art, but St. Paul musician Katie Condon is keeping this niche tradition alive.

A Twin Cities native and Mounds View High School graduate, Thompson will step into his new position in Minneapolis on Oct. 14.

She’ll lead seven different orchestras in concerts with genre-bending band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

Follow along as YourClassical tracks the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious showcases of rising piano talent.

Concert band is a large part of classical music, yet many composers don't get the recognition they deserve for contributing to the genre. Here are 10 band composers you should know — besides the March King, John Philip Sousa.

Kahler steps in as Fred Child to step down after 25 years of hosting the show.