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New York trumpet player Tony Glausi remembers when he first became conscious of the coronavirus pandemic. Last March, Glausi traveled to Columbus to perform a concert with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Although the pandemic was in the back of most people’s minds, no shutdowns or other significant public-health measures had yet been initiated in central Ohio. “I rode on the plane without a mask,” said Glausi, 26. “There was no talk of the virus, other than people murmuring it was in the news: ‘Oh, yeah, there’s this thing — some people have it, wash your hands.’” That all chan...

Spotlight: The Band Played On The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has reached audiences worldwide with its six-episode “front row” series, which continues this month. January 21, 2021 PHOTOS BY KRISTI JAN HOOVER & JULIE GOETZ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Front Row” series travels from Fallingwater to The Andy Warhol Museum and incorporates Pittsburghers such as Fred Rogers and Thaddeus Mosley. Episodes showcase the music of composers ranging from Beethoven to Pittsburgh native and Julliard student Hannah Ishizaki. Under normal circumstances, the dynamic video series co-produced b...

When she was growing up, Kelly Crum Delaveris associated the holiday season with one thing — it was a time of year when her dad wasn't home much. The daughter of longtime WCMH-TV (Channel 4) sportscaster Jimmy Crum, Delaveris remembers her dad, who died in 2009, doing assorted good deeds around Columbus. “That was who he was,” said Delaveris, 63, an accomplished singer residing in York, Pennsylvania. “On Christmas Day, he was at Children’s Hospital, hanging out with kids in the burn unit.” Delaveris recently returned to her hometown to give back in her own way: On Dec. 16, Delav...

3 pm ET: London Philharmonic Orchestra presents All the World’s a Stage. The LPO celebrates Brett Dean, their new Composer in Residence, with the UK premiere of The Players. The scene is Elsinore, setting of Dean’s opera Hamlet, with the solo role played by accordion player James Crabb. The concert begins with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and ends with Stravinsky’s mock-Baroque Pulcinella. View here.  6 pm ET: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Mark Steinberg, Marcy Rosen, and Jonathan Biss play Beethoven. Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday as three chamber mu...