Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year-end Giving Guide. Two questions every orchestra is asking these days: How do we get younger audience members to realize classical music isn’t ...

Perhaps the youngest audience the Los Angeles Philharmonic has welcomed this year squirmed and fidgeted alongside their ...

It's been a few years since my first list of "10 Great Children’s Books About Classical Music." Just in time for the new school year, here's a list of 10 more engaging illustrated children’s books ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The creator behind the series “Bluey” on Disney+ says, “I didn’t want the usual kids’ TV scoring.” Joff Bush (above), the composer for “Bluey,” said he draws from classical ...

For most parents, the idea of a five- or six-year-old sitting through a concert of classical music without getting restless is hard to imagine. After all, most children aren’t Mozart. When Shelly ...

Today’s fast-paced, on-demand world offers immense opportunity -- and plenty of distraction. Tuning out worries and remaining focused can be especially difficult for children, many of whom feel ...

I covered the gifts of poetry and fiction in my last column. The third gift I would love to magically bestow on every child is the gift of classical music. When I was growing up (in a definitely ...

What followed is a 55-year love affair with classical music — branching out to discover greats like Brahms, Bruch, Mahler, Chopin, Copland, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Elgar as well as lesser known ...

Young children are what salvaged the Year of the Pandemic for New York City-based French horn player Peter DelGrosso. As the creative director of Mozart for Munchkins, DelGrosso has staged live ...

The Chamber Orchestra’s first concert of 2026 will be its annual Family and Friends concert. “The concert is offered at a reduced rate — rather than the evening ticket prices coming to around $30, we ...