All-too-easy listening The music industry sells classical as soothing background music — robbing a great art of its power.

If you were shopping in the music department of the Borders store near the Galleria recently, you might have noticed a display for something called The Most Relaxing Classical Album. .. Ever! This … ...

Instrumental and Traditional Christmas Songs for Ballet and Relaxation. Perfect Christmas Carols to create a Choreography for ...

While many classical music lovers know every detail about the life and tribulations of Beethoven, it would add interest, and depth, to preface a performance of his symphonies with relevant ...

The 28th annual Olympic Music Festival runs June 25-Sept. 4, 2011, in Quilcene, Jefferson County.

On a cross-country tour, the cellist is trying to reach audiences that might otherwise be unfamiliar with or even resistant to classical music.

The industry sells classical music as a mellow monolith when it is in fact capable of stirring any and all emotions, serving any and all ends – divine and hellish.