Contemporary Music (genre)

The period from the new year through the end of March invariably includes some of the most highly anticipated events of Chicago's classical music season. Here are 10 such events, listed in chronological order: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo...

LOS ANGELES -- The American Music Awards know their place in the landscape of music-related award shows. The ceremony doesn't have the prestige of the Grammys or the cheeky irreverence of MTV's Video Music Awards -- and certainly not the ratings of...

Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Pastor Rachel Black’s sermon topic will be Perpetual Thanksgiving at the 10 a.m. service this Sunday. Mary Diehl will be worship leader. Sunday school at 9 a.m. A Thanksgiving meal will follow the service....

Elliott Carter, one of the preeminent American composers of the past century, has died at 103. He died of natural causes at his home in New York, according to his close friend and assistant Virgil Blackwell. A prolific composer who won two Pulitzer...

As Franklin Street Works celebrates its first birthday, a new exhibit called Working Alternatives: Breaking Bread, Art Broadcasting and Collective Action examines the phenomena of the alternative art space and its role in breaking down barriers between...

Members of the band Touchpoint share strong bonds of friendship and religious faith. This week, members of the group are taking their music and message to a larger audience. Touchpoint is a contemporary Christian band that started three and a half...

Check out festivals and events in September across the state. Check out statewide events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Nov. 2 (Select Nights): Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party,...

In our time, few musicians have addressed the classic American pop song with the scholarly attention of Michael Feinstein – and few scholars have performed this repertory with Feinstein's panache. So Feinstein's performance this weekend at the...

The good news: All events at the 14th annual World Music Festival will be free. The bad: The event is smaller than last year's, with 49 shows, compared to last year's 63. "Obviously, in a transition year, you're not working under ideal circumstances,"...

Allie Mac Kay was live from Boyle Heights with Sound Art, a mobile music program that gives inner city youths the tools needed by music professionals.Sound Art is an innovative non-profit that provides a fully mobile music education program specializing...

Joe South, a versatile singer-songwriter who penned "Games People Play," "Down in the Boondocks" and other pop-rock hits in the 1960s and '70s, has died. He was 72. South died Wednesday at his home in Buford, Ga., northeast of Atlanta, said Butch Lowery,...

Middlecreek COB   This week at the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren, the Rev. Linda Stoner's message will be "Work, For the Night is Coming" in remembrance of Labor Day. The Rev. John Stoner will serve as worship leader.    The congregation is...