Performance Today®

Trumpet player Stanford Thompson founded the youth music organization Play on Philly.

Petrushka is a character who goes back hundreds of years... an aggressive court jester who is most happy when he's hurting someone. On this weekend's Performance Today, hear the Houston Symphony perform Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, a fun and scary puppet show where we don't really know who's pulling the strings.

Clarinetist Mariam Adam fuses the cultural nuances of her Egyptian-Mexican heritage in the music she creates.

The Cincinnati Symphony recently celebrated the grand re-opening of their Music Hall with "Stories from Home," a world premiere work by Jonathan Bailey Holland. On Friday's Performance Today, hear Jonathan Bailey Holland's musical exploration of Music Hall's location in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 2007, Imani Winds flutist and composer Valerie Coleman wrote a suite inspired by the poem "In time of Silver Rain" by Langston Hughes. On Thursday's Performance Today, Valerie Coleman joins us to talk about her work, Langston Hughes, and life-changing moments.

Valerie Coleman is the founder, composer and flutist of one of the world's premier chamber music ensembles.

Petrushka is a character who goes back hundreds of years... an aggressive court jester who is most happy when he's hurting someone. On Wednesday's Performance Today, hear the Houston Symphony perform Igor Stravinsky's Petrushka, a fun and scary puppet show where we don't really know who's pulling the strings.

Award-winning conductor Dr. Leslie B. Dunner is the Music Director of the South Shore Opera Company in Chicago, IL.

In 2007, Marin Alsop was named Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony... the first woman to lead a major American orchestra. On Tuesday's Performance Today, join us for conversation with Marin Alsop, then hear a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performance of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.