You don’t have to pay big bucks to hear beautiful Christmas music this season. Local churches always are good sources for free concerts, and at this time of the year, they have plenty of great music to choose from, with choir, organ and often soloists to immerse you in peace and beauty.
You don't have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize "Take Five," the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging bachelor pads, hi-fi systems and cool nightclubs of the 1950s and '60s.
Fleetwood Mac is heading back on the road, and that means the top-selling group will release new music - sort of.
Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant says he's game to write new songs if anybody else wants to.
South Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time.
Though she grew up not far from Seattle, Brandi Carlile is more than a little bit country.
What do Deborah Page, Rafael Tranquilino and the Monday Ukulele Ohana all have in common?
Colleges are great places to find free events because it gives students a chance to hone their skills and visiting professionals a chance to share their talents. This weekend you can hear one of Tacoma’s best pianists, Tanya Stambuk, play the Brahms’ Piano Concerto no. 1 in a free concert with the Tacoma Community College orchestra.
Soundgarden is coming home.
Hands up if you’ve ever played the video game “Halo.” Now keep your hand up if you’ve ever played a Shostakovich symphony. If you still have your hand up, you obviously have eclectic tastes – or maybe you’re a member of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra.
Misty French gardens and silent Japanese snowdrifts will rise off the walls and into the air at Tacoma Art Museum tonight, as the Second City Chamber Series presents a concert of flute, viola and harp in the museum’s main lobby.
Sometimes the best classical music is heard while sipping a hot cuppa. It’s not quite free, but for the price of a cup of tea or coffee, you can hear great classical music every Sunday at the Antique Sandwich Co. cafe in Ruston while sitting back in the comfy chairs and cozy atmosphere.
The symphony performs the multi-media Video Games Live concert tonight at the Pantages. It's just the beginning of a season that will shake things up a bit, and include auditioning two of the finalists to replace Harvey Felder as conductor.
It’s one of Mozart’s most popular operas – yet it’s also one of the least kind to women. “Cos fan tutte,” with its small cast, eternal themes of love and loyalty and music to swoon for, is a favorite among opera companies the world over.
Okay, who likes a Celeidgh? Well then, who knows what a Celeidgh is? If you do, then you’ll have skipped ahead to find out where, when and who – but if not, you’ll be glad to learn it’s a Celtic dance event, and there’s one happening at Saturday’s Fifth annual Celtic Faire at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Tacoma.
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