KOHAR Symphonic Orchestra and Choir Tours the U.S. and Canada, Performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York’s Carnegie Hall

American Public Media, creator of distinctive, signature programs for public radio and one of media's most active champions of classical music, announced a special live broadcast of "The Last Night of the Proms" from the BBC Proms on Saturday, September 8, 2007.

In seven days, 36-year-old British man Paul Potts went from selling mobile phones to winning Britain's Got Talent and signing a one million pound ($2.4 million) record deal.

The Mozart Effect, a 1997 theory by Don Campbell, states that listening to classical music, more specifically, music by Mozart, increases intelligence. Though results are often debated, research continues to support the idea. In 2005, students taking the SAT with prior coursework in music appreciation scored 60 points higher on the verbal and 39 points higher on the math portion of the test.

While Alan Gilbert will be the new music director of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, Riccardo Muti is to be in residence multiple weeks per season.

Pete Downes, the jazz fusion guitarist best known for his work with PD3 (Pete Downes Trio) has released a recording of JS Bach Lute Suites on the Wiser Productions Label. The recording is available from digital outlets such as iTunes and is called "Music for Guitar: Bach".

China can not accept the indiscriminate and automatic detention of four kinds of Chinese seafood by the United States and the ban on importing those products, a Chinese official in charge of quality supervision said.

Alison Krauss began studying classical violin when she was five years old. By eight, she had discovered the sound of bluegrass, and soon was winning fiddle contests across the United States. Alison released her first album, Too Late To Cry, when she was 16. VOA's Katherine Cole reports it's primarily the pop side of Alison Krauss that you'll find on her new album, A Hundred Miles Or More.

Famous American conductor Alexander Treger will give two concerts in Yerevan.

Glimmerglass Opera General & Artistic Director Michael MacLeod has announced plans for the company's 2008 Festival Season.

Michael Philip Davis narrates Stravinsky's masterpiece The Soldier's Tale accompanied by The North/South Consonance Ensemble.
Performance will mark the composer's 125th anniversary on the date of his birthday.

Have you ever heard of "The Sound of Music"? Of course you have. And of course you think of Austria. Aside from the film and musical, do you realize how much musical activity there is in Austria and especially in Salzburg?