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The Grant Park Music Festival is going to play out a little differently. From July 2 to August 21, the festival orchestra and chorus will return to their home at Pritzker Pavilion, marking the unofficial opening of public summer events at the venue. Though safety protocols will transform the festival’s sound and duration, Grant Park’s core mission remains intact: The 2021 season includes a healthy offering of programmatic rarities, the chorus will sing its usual six programs, and, yes, lawn ...

Updated on March 16, 2021 at 11:17 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC As the country pays tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her first birthday since her death last fall, her son and daughter-in-law in Chicago marked the occasion with music. Ginsburgs son is classical record producer Jim Ginsburg, whose wife Patrice Michaels is a voice Professor at the Bienen School at Northwestern University. The musical couple lives on Chicagos North Side and enjoy giving back, helping ...

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: James Taylor, American Standard Best R&B Album: John Legend,  Bigger Love It Is What It Is Best R&B Song: Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, “Better Than I Imagined” Best Traditional R&B Performance: Ledisi, “Anything for You” Best Latin Jazz Album:Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra,  Four Questions Data Lords Trilogy 2 Secrets Are the Best Stories Best improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea’s “All Blues” Best Alte...

Wizkid, on Sunday night, won their first-ever Grammy Awards. Burna Boy bagged the much-coveted Grammy award in the ‘Best Global Album’ category for his ‘TWICE AS TALL’ album. He was nominated alongside Tuareg Desert Rock group Tinariwen, NYC afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto, and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar. This is the second consecutive time Burna Boy has been nominated for the Grammys. His previous album, ‘African Giant’ was nominated a...

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: James Taylor, American Standard Best R&B Album: John Legend,  Bigger Love It Is What It Is Best R&B Song: Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, “Better Than I Imagined” Best Traditional R&B Performance: Ledisi, “Anything for You” Best Latin Jazz Album:Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra,  Four Questions Data Lords Trilogy 2 Secrets Are the Best Stories Best improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea’s “All Blues” Best Alte...

Trevor Noah hosts the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, BTS and more perform. Here's the complete winners list.

Staging a new season Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City is streaming the Jazz at Lincoln Center lecture series, “United We Swing: Jazz and American History.” The series begins March 24 with Louis Armstrong and the Explosion of Swing, and continues with a different topic each Wednesday through April 28, tracing the history of jazz and the ways it intertwines with democracy. (Photo courtesy of Hancher Auditorium) The Gazette Just as spring brings a mix of sunshine and showers, area arts pres...

Despite having had to operate in the red over the past year, Hancher executive director  Chuck Swanson is still dedicated to the venues mission. “The pandemic really keeps us from generating any revenue. We still have our box office expenses, phone expenses — we have all the same expenses that continue, but (none of our typical) income to off-set that.” Swanson and his staff have been in a perpetual state of planning not just attempting to navigate the pandemic, but also attempting t...

On Wednesday, January 21, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

The New York Times), “eloquent and enthralling” ( The Boston Globe), and described as “the most compelling American group to come on the scene” ( The New Yorker), the   has quickly become a vital force in the international chamber music world. Since their debut performance in New York City in 2011, they have toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, the Far East, and India, traversing the extensive oeuvre of traditional piano trio repertoire and introducing audiences to new...