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Pianist Marja Kaisla
Woodmere Art Museum announces classical music recitals
Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Art Museum has announced a fall/winter season of classical concerts that includes five performances. more
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Principal bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa of West Mt. Airy will be performing solo at the Philadelphia Orchestra on Friday, Oct. 3.
Local ensembles offer more matinees than ever
When I was a kid, growing up in the 1950s, Sunday matinees were a common and frequent offering by many classical music ensembles throughout the country, including those here in Philadelphia. Then, in … more
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Donald Nally, founder and conductor of The Crossing
Local musicians welcome the new season with song
The opening of the 2023-24 season of classical music concerts will be highlighted by peerless vocal and choral singing offered by local musicians and ensembles. more
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Tempesta, taking a bow at the Berlin Philharmonic this past June.
Tempesta di Mare and Chamber Orchestra announce new seasons
Local classical music lovers are lucky when it comes to hearing “live” performances of music taken from the chamber orchestra repertoire. more
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Piffaro
Piffaro, Vox Ama Deus plan concerts on the Hill
Two of Philadelphia’s most acclaimed and popular classical music ensembles have announced 2023-24 “live concert” seasons that include performances in Chestnut Hill. more
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Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie performs in Wilmington.
Low Cut Connie frontman to stop by Chestnut Hill's Hideaway Music
Philly’s Low Cut Connie has amassed a cult fan base that includes Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and former President Barack Obama. more
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Go! Local
Events from Thursday, Aug. 17, through August and beyond. more
The operatic masterpiece “Henri VIII,” composed by Camille Saint-Saens (above), deserves a place in the active repertoire of companies and schools all over the world, including our own Opera Philadelphia and Academy of Vocal Arts.
Bard ‘Summerscape’ revives Saint-Saens’ ‘Henri VIII’
In the decades following World War I (1914-18), the classical music world traveled a pathway that has proven to be an unwise change of direction. It moved away from its traditional foundation on folk … more
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Choral Arts Philadelphia’s new season includes works by Bach, Britten and Monteverdi.
Hill conductor announces Choral Arts’ 2023-24 season
The new artistic director of Choral Arts Philadelphia has announced an exciting new roster of concerts for the 2023-24 season. more
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Germantown and Mt. Airy residents Boz Heinley, Buck Buchanan, Kim Empson, Charlie Cooper and Wain Ballard make up the Humbleman Band, which has played for 24 years at Northwest Philly venues.
Mermaid Inn to host Humbleman Band’s joyous return
Charlie Cooper  and his popular Humbleman Band have been playing local gigs for 24 years, but right now he just feels lucky to be alive. more
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Jenkintown Pops concerts set for August
The Jenkintown Community Band plans three Summer Pops events. more
A 10-year-old Andre Watts performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1957 after winning a student competition.
Germantown’s keyboard titan Andre Watts dies
Concert pianist Andre Watts, 77, a trailblazing virtuoso of classical music, spent his childhood and teenage years in Germantown. more
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Peter Nero, the founder and longtime director of the Philly Pops who died July 6, led the orchestra “with panache and charisma.”
Five Fridays is back with music and philanthropy
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill has announced the 2023-24 season of one of the Hill’s most popular offerings: “Five Fridays.” more
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Bronson Tennis (second from left) and his band De Tierra Caliente will bring their brand of Latin roots fusion music to Pastorius Park for the last performance of the season in the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s summer concert series. The presenting sponsor is Temple Health – Chestnut Hill Hospital and the performance is 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 26.
De Tierra Caliente brings a sizzling series closer
Bronson Tennis returned to North America with the realization that Latin roots fusion music was his calling. more
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G-town concerts start
Eighth District City Councilmember Cindy Bass' Summer Events Series is a set of free community events that include live music and fun kids' activities. more
Chestnut Hill-based choir The Crossing is one of the many cultural arts organizations to benefit from the Presser Foundation's support.
Classical music foundation trades Center City for Chestnut Hill
The Presser Foundation, which provides grants to music organizations in this region, is now one of Chestnut Hill’s newest neighbors. more
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Singer Deb Callahan will perform excerpts from her new album “Backbone,” a mix of soul, funk and blues music, 7:30 p.m., July 19, at Pastorius Park.
Deb Callahan Band brings ‘Backbone’ to the blues
Deb Callahan Band’s first album was released in 2002, but the group is still churning out exciting new blues music. more
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Kristopher Rudzinski (center), director of Settlement Music School’s Germantown branch, with senior student services associate Elizabeth Zuckerman (left) and branch coordinator Mervin Toussaint.
Plymouth Meeting musician completes first year leading Settlement in Germantown
Kristopher Rudzinski recently completed his first year as director of the Germantown Branch of Settlement Music School. more
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Andre Saunders teaches students enrolled in the Writers Matter program at Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia.
‘Voiceless’ concert with Mt. Airy rapper and poet
Andre Saunders, a prominent Mt. Airy hip-hop recording artist and parishioner at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, is scheduled to perform July 21 at World Cafe Live. more
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Musician Dom Flemons, a former member of the acclaimed Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform in a free concert at Pastorius Park on July 12 at 7:30 p.m.
American cultural arts scholar Dom Flemons will bring old-time music to Pastorius Park
Dom Flemons’ songs have been described in lots of ways: Old-timey, Piedmont blues, Black cowboy country. They’re all accurate, he says. more
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