The University Orchestra began after Smart took his seat alongside the first-chair violins of the ensemble, taking a deep breath and making sure the entire group was ready to perform without a ...

Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected his ...

According to the program, this was an homage to the “democratic spirit” of America on its 250th birthday and the start of a ...