Charles Wuorinen

The Williamsburg Symphonia will kick off its upcoming season with an outdoor dance concert on Merchants Square. The Oct. 4 event will take place on the night before An Occasion for the Arts, the city's popular annual visual and performing arts festival....

Rock fans cheered the Police last year when the reunited group played Wrigley Field. Classical music buffs had their own reconstituted ensemble to applaud Monday night at Ravinia's Martin Theatre, where the cutting-edge contemporary music group Tashi...

The trend of Broadway looking to Hollywood for inspiration continues, with 'Brokeback Mountain' the next hit to transition from the silver screen to the big stage. The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on...

This week, the Arts Watch page will feature the best and worst concerts of the year as chosen by Tribune freelancers and staff writers; today's offering is by classical music writer Ted Shen. To find the rest of the best and worst lists by staff critics...

The "Music Now" chamber series is Chicago Symphony Orchestra's bid to bolster its image as an institution more progressive than a fusty museum. So far, however, the potpourri programs handpicked by CSO composer Augusta Read Thomas, while venturesome for...