Culture/History
From Chicago, Illinois, 16-year-old cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing talks with Kevin Olusola about her family and the importance of diversity in…
Listen and watch Leonard Bernstein discuss and conduct Beethoven's 9th symphony, Ode to Joy.
Richard Mata is an advocate of Mariachi music. It is a universal music that is embraced by Asia, Europe and…
Jazz In America site as it is sponsored by Herbie Hancock Jazz Institute and provides an actual teacher curriculum for…
A 7-year-old Chinese cellist Yo-yo Ma, who was brought to the program's attention by Casals.
Famous violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto finale.
WOW! Violinist Itzhak Perlman Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at 13 years old.
Founded in 1969, the Jazz Institute of Chicago promotes and nurtures jazz in Chicago.
"Strange Fruit" is a song recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939, written by Abel Meeropol and published in 1937.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's mission is to Inspire, Teach, Engage. See Rock & roll artifacts, special events…
How well do you know the piano? Here are 10 things about the piano that everyone should know!
The exact origin of the guitar is still a mystery. The word “guitar” probably comes from the ancient Greek word…
The Chicago Mariachi Project, founded in 2013, offers in-school and after-school mariachi classes at elementary, middle and high schools throughout…
The Racneras Doradas perform Mariaci favorites on Youtube: El Rey, Volver Volver, Cucurrucucu Paloma.
In this TedTalk, Matt Russo is an astrophysicist and musician who translates the rhythm and harmony of the cosmos into…
The earliest known incontrovertible reference to a mariachi appears in a letter written by priest Cosme Santa Anna in 1852.
The early development of mestizo folk music in Mexico is largely undocumented, making speculative any theories on the early evolution…