Jeffrey Biegel's newly commissioned orchestral work, Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue, has become the largest nationwide ...

“Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue” features the Marcus Roberts Trio and singer Catherine Russell. In the 1920s, the relatively new music genre known as jazz was rapidly becoming ...

Editor’s Note: This article is a review and includes subjective opinions, thoughts and critiques. It’s not everyday that a live audience is invited to contribute to a world class jazz performance. But ...

February 2024 marks the 100th birthday of George Gershwin's jazz piano concerto Rhapsody in Blue. Kevin Cole, revered interpreter of George Gershwin's fusion of classical and popular styles, will ...

The Vermont Youth Orchestra has joined a nationwide effort to commemorate the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by premiering a new piano concerto in all 50 states. Youth ...

Albany Symphony with director David Alan Miller conducting. In honor of its 100th birthday, “Rhapsody in Blue” will be performed in its original form by pianist Kevin Cole and Albany Symphony in ...

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...

In 1924, when George Gershwin composed “Rhapsody in Blue,” virtually no one used the term “classical” music. The phrase that was then employed was “concert music.” To most of America, there was dance ...

"My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his autobiography, "was to show these skeptical people the advance which had been made in popular music from the day of the discordant early jazz to the ...