Something unusual had to develop. Here was a teenager who belonged to his hometown’s community orchestra, but who also played the saxophone in dance bands. Who wrote and performed plays with his ...

Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo are a pair of superbly trained classical musicians who have made names for themselves making fun of (or, as they insist, "having fun with") the oh-so-serious nature ...

Pssst! Wanna know a secret? Classical music can be funny. No kidding. All that symphonic stuff, thundered out with such gravitas in the concert hall, and the chamber music, so soberly earnest, can ...

I may write a column about Peter Schickele some day soon, so don't be surprised. The words "classical" and "funny" don't often go together well, but Schickele -- and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach -- ...

Whether you’re a professional musician or you only sing show tunes in the shower, these funny music jokes will hit just the right note Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love jokes? OK, so apparently ...

Longtime NPR listeners will remember Miles Hoffman. He was a music commentator on this network for decades and had an infectious love of classical music. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hoffman died earlier this ...

Miles Hoffman, who died earlier this month, had an infectious love of classical music. He will be remembered for taking the starch out of the... Remembering classical music commentator Miles Hoffman ...