Stop. Look. Listen.

That curious sound you hear: random bleats, tweets, twangs and thumps, fragments of melody and the hum of strings, coalescing around the plangent “A” from the oboe. Here, there and all around, musicians are hauling their black clothes out of the closet as symphony orchestras get ready for the upcoming season. Here’s a look at some […]

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It’s pretty unusual for a musician to get started in his or her teens, but Jennifer Higdon, who was honored by the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra with its annual Composer’s Award, didn’t really get started in music until she was 15, as she told the audience at Friday night’s performance. That’s when her mother bought her […]

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