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As Pastorius Park’s concert series winds down for the summer, this week’s performance harkens back to the concert’s classical music origins.
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by Brianna Mack
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7/17/25
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An excited audience of music lovers packed the main sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill earlier this month for “The Last Days of Immanuel Kant.”
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by Michael Caruso
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7/3/25
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Two very different outdoor concerts await this week, one looking back to the swing era and the other with roots firmly planted in Philly’s singer-songwriter music scene.
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by Brianna Mack
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6/26/25
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It’s been a year of celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/26/25
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Even the most passionate opera aficionados probably have never heard of Isabella Colbran, Maria Malibran, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Alma Mahler or Pauline Viardot.
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by Len Lear
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6/19/25
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Beatrice Golden, an acclaimed painter, musician, early-childhood educator and resident of Chestnut Hill for half a century, died in her home June 2.
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by Len Lear
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6/12/25
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Nothing says summer more than being outdoors. Add live music to the mix and you’ve created a recipe for the perfect summer activity.
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by Maggie Dougherty
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6/12/25
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Fans of Broadway musicals are in for a treat on Sunday, June 8, when two talented local musicians perform selections from theater classics in Flourtown.
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by Len Lear
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6/5/25
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed its 2024-25 season with a celebration of two of George Friderich Handel’s favorite operatic divas.
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by Michael Caruso
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6/5/25
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In December 2023, Andrew Li, a junior at Germantown Friends School, learned that a family shelter was looking for volunteers. He took it from there.
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by Constance Garcia-Barrio
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5/22/25
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Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin will lead the Philadelphia Orchestra in three mighty programs, bringing their 2024-25 season of live concerts to a fiery finale.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/22/25
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Philadelphia Ballet will close out the company’s 2024-25 season with “La Sylphide” and “Etudes,” at the Academy of Music.
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by Michael Caruso
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5/8/25
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Sing Slavic focuses on Slavic folk songs and specializes in performing a repertoire of Eastern European folk songs from countries like Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland and Russia.
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by Buffy Gorrilla
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4/24/25
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Not too many local musicians have memories of playing with two legendary American innovators and composers, but Ron Lipscomb performed with the best.
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by Len Lear
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4/17/25
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I still clearly recall my first day in the lunchroom at Central High School in February of 1954. It was there I first saw Jimmy DePriest.
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by Len Lear
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4/17/25
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JUNE EVENTS
June 13-29
TWELFTH NIGHT
A Shakespeare classic rom-com.
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4/15/25
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The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Chestnut Hill will celebrate Holy Week with a pair of musical performances that shouldn’t be missed by local lovers of sacred choral music.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/10/25
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John Walthausen, the organist and director of music of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, will conduct a performance of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio.
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by Michael Caruso
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4/3/25
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The Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players will present a concert of Trio Sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday, April 6.
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by Michael Caruso
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3/27/25
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Piffaro, the locally based but internationally acclaimed Renaissance Band, will present three performances of “All Excellent & Esteemed – The Bassano Family.”
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by Michael Caruso
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3/20/25
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