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The talented singer brings a clear, sweet voice and a passion for music to every song. The selections are part pop and part jazz.

Like any Julliard alum violinist, The Great Kat can play Beethoven, Paganini, Liszt and Sarasate. But how she plays them is an entirely different story.

With a wide array of influences and surrounded by a spectacular veteran cast, Christina Courtin's unique voice spans the realms of folk-jazz and pop Americana.

Eliane Elias flexes some versatile musical muscle on her two latest releases: Something For You, a Bill Evans tribute and a nod to her heritage with Bossa Nova Stories

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has been mystifying music lovers with his jazzy classical trumpet playing for decades.

Intended to be a set of pedagogical piano peices, Capers' Portraits in Jazz teaches classical technique in Jazz media.

Margaret Rosezarian Harris was the first black woman to lead several major U.S. Symphony Orchestras; her biography follows.

In "American Journey," The Eroica Trio has released another album that showcases the group's propensity to blend familiar classics with lesser known works.

This engaging true tale of an unlikely friendship between a journalist and a homeless musical prodigy comes to the big screen through the pages of a compelling book.

Sam Trammel, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley are among the standout performances in HBO's True Blood.

Marin Alsop, the first woman to direct a major American orchestra, stepped into her new position with a performance on Sept. 27, 2007.

The Gotham Chamber Opera Company, headed by Neal Goran, staged a unique blend of contemporary dance and traditional opera.

In both hemispheres, birdwatchers have the same fear: there are fewer birds. According to research, 1186 of the 10000 winged species still alive are disappearing.

Leon Fleisher is a top pianist, and many of the next generation of classical pianists have studied with him. But he wasn't always able to play with 2 hands.

Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Jacqulyn Buglisi will share her skill with young students at California State University Long Beach starting on Nov. 18.

High School Musical is one of the most popular made-for-TV series of all time, but does it have what it takes to make the leap to the big screen for the third installment

Actress Lynn Collins is a relatively new face in Hollywood, and Wolverine is definitely her first blockbuster hit.

"Desperate Housewives" star Marcia Cross has long suffered from migraine headaches. Read her bio and learn how she was finally diagnosed and treated for migraines.

A reader inquires about how to find the right Post Secondary school for a difficult decision on choosing a career.

During the early 1900s, women's music clubs proliferated across the United States. In the Pacific Northwest, women established the Seattle Ladies Musical Club in 1891.

The musician and entertainer credited for bringing Cuban sounds into American jazz also served in World War II and studied at Julliard.

Comparable to Broadway classics of great reputation such as “Les Miserables,” “The Ten Commandments – The Musical” stars leading man Val Kilmer as Moses.

The music of Miles Davis encapsulated the many sides of his prodigious talent with that familiar provocative "Me-ness" that always identified his work instantly.

What is it about certain families that make them exceptional? Whether by genes or nepotism, many famous Hollywood names got their "in" through their famous relatives.

Hazel Scott was born in Trinidad, grew up in the US. She mesmerized audiences with her piano skills, married a congressman and ended up on Joe McCarthy's blacklist.

As the tumultuous, youth-driven Counterculture movement neared its height in 1970, American moviegoers flocked to see an old-fashioned romance called Love Story. Why?

The sixth season of the popular television show 'So You Think You Can Dance' continues with the top seven female and seven male dancers, performing in pairs for America.

Acquisition of Perfect Pitch is a controversial topic. Some believe it is purely a "God-given" gift, some believe it can be taught. This article looks into the research.

Millions of flute players logged onto You Tube and were blown away by Greg Pattillo's fusion of flute and beatbox. Here's how the seeds of that sound took root.

San Francisco AT&T Park transformed into an ice palace for the December 5, 2007 figure skating show.

The PA Academy of music has a rich history and vested in the musical future of its students.

Clinical guidelines on chronic hoarseness advise evaluation. Laryngitis typical of teachers, singers, or announcers, can be corrected or prevented by Alexander technique.