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Frank Zappa’s Later Classical Works: Symphonies and Synclavier

Pioneering composer and performer Frank Zappa was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1990. In the last years of his life, the musician set about writing and performing some of the most challenging and rewarding works of his entire career.
By Philip Trapp

  • "Why Making Music Matters": Carnegie Hall Research Paper Commissioned on Childhood Development

    As part of a project that is actively trying to understand the relationship between music and early childhood development, Carnegie Hall has commissioned a research paper from Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf called "Why Making Music Matters." The document, which is publicly available as a PDF file, highlights the research that has taken place over many years concerning music's unique impact on the healthy (and potentially improved) development of children and infants.
    By Steve Nagel

  • EXCLUSIVE: Watch Minnesota Opera New Works Intiative Preview 'The Shining'

    This year, the Minnesota Opera will define what it means to adapt a novel to stage. Stephen King's best-selling text, The Shining (and let's be clear we're not talking about Kubrick), is a risky endeavor, one in dealing with enough psychologically-based thematic concepts that it could have driven librettist Mark Campbell insane just to write.
    By Ian Holubiak