There was a lot going beneath the surface of the music in Sunday’s canny Festival Orchestra program. Conductor Ludovic Morlot started with an overture, and then a concerto, a short symphony and ...

Orchestra teacher Taryn Kroymann directs students during a fifth grade orchestra class at the Prairie Creek Intermediate School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The districts orchestra ...

Teen musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA walked onto the Carnegie Hall stage and acted in unison, much like string sections following their leaders: They pulled out cell phones and ...