Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest trend in hip-hop has the genre going highbrow. More than a half-century since it started, the most popular genre in the ...

Hip-hop and classical music might seem worlds apart, but this orchestra concert works to seamlessly merge the two genres in a way you’ve never experienced before. “The music pulls from both hip-hop ...

Jeffrey McNeill, otherwise known as Thee Phantom (right), performs with his partner Andrea Coln McNeill at Carnegie Hall in New York. The duo behind the Illharmonic Orchestra is set to perform in ...

The Renaissance Orchestra is quickly getting acclaim on social media for its hip-hop-inspired take on classical music.

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So yes, what you’ve heard is true, The Seasons Performance Hall is up for sale. It’s appropriate for us to shed a collective tear and raise a glass in tribute to all of the amazing performances that ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --When many folks think of orchestras the immediate images and stereotypes that appear are of stone-faced instrumentalists in black suits and gowns staring at sheet music as they wail ...

Throughout most of the year, the Northwest BachFest is a showcase for noteworthy pieces — both well-known and underperformed — from the classical chamber music repertoire. Not all of the music in ...

This is something you won’t see every day at a concert billed as “classical”: a DJ working the turntables. Or a drummer banging out a solo in classic rock ‘n’ roll fashion, set against the backdrop of ...