What distinguishes one top-rank orchestra from another? For the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, it’s long been the brass. The Chicago Symphony's Brass Is World-Famous. Hear It Blast. M Michael Cooper ...

Celebrate the season with Axiom Brass, one of Chicago’s premier brass ensembles, as they return to Chamber Music on the Fox ...

On Thursday, July 13, the Wheaton Municipal Band welcomes to the stage not only the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet, but also two guest conductors who stand alongside Music Director Bruce Moss: From ...

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...

Chicago has plenty of alternatives to yet another jinglefest — some from other musical genres or cultures, some keeping ...

Mr. Clevenger, who played his notoriously treacherous instrument with daring, was an anchor of the Chicago orchestra’s famed brass section for 47 years. By David Allen Dale Clevenger, whose expressive ...

Wow, it was so cool, the Long Beach Symphony playing the music of the band Chicago at last Saturday’s POPS concert. I had gone to a previous rock-band-backed-by-symphony-orchestra LBSO presented last ...