It may safely be said that personal striving—vulgarly called ambition—is the hallmark of modernity. To be satisfied with one’s lot, we are told, is to default on our duty to self and world alike; to ...

A New York Times obituary at the end of March told the world of the death of a remarkable woman. Under the headline “Doris Hodgkins Monteux, Singer and Music Memoirist,” the short article describes ...

Pierre Monteux (1875-1964 ), famous for conducting the premiere of “The Rite of Spring” as well as for many other things, has long been one of my favorite conductors from the Golden Age. Here he is, ...

Summer offers us all sorts of surprises as we take to the road and explore places we’ve never been. Such was the case recently when we had the pleasure of driving 90 miles east of Waterville to the ...

This week marks the end of the San Francisco Symphony's Centennial season celebration - a season that saw the return of the American Mavericks festival, concerts by six of the most significant ...

Every summer for 75 years, young conductors and musicians from all over the world have made their way to the quiet Maine town of Hancock to study somewhere special: the Pierre Monteux School & Music ...

In one of the most musical cities in the U.S., San Francisco, the greatest French conductor alive will pad affably to the podium this week to round out his ninth season. During those nine seasons he ...