Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs

For lack of taste and talent you would be hard pressed to find an act duller and more banal than this official state presentation by veteran pop persona Arielle Dombasle. What were they thinking? The […]

Past students are sharing their sadness at the death of John Barstow, former head of keyboard at the Royal College of Music. He used to pay out of his own pocket for students to hear […]

The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony, starting a year from now. He will appear one weekend each season.   photo: Chris Lee/NY Philharmonic The post Jersey […]