Lin-Manuel Miranda will direct a film adaptation of playwright-composer Dave Malloy‘s Octet, a critically acclaimed musical that debuted Off Broadway in 2019. The project was revealed today by Miranda ...

The Metropolitan Jazz Octet (MJO) is the reawakening of a group that started in the 1950’s by Chicago saxophonist and arranger Tom Hilliard. From 1950 through mid-'80s Hilliard wrote many of the ...

Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia has been both the beacon and a touchstone for the West Coast free improvising community, particularly in Los Angeles, for over 30 years. Golia started his ...

For much of the past year, Mateen Milan, a second-year student at the Yale School of Music, was unable to meet indoors with fellow woodwind players to perform chamber music. Occasionally during the ...

2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Book of a Musical Dave Malloy 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Musical Annie Tippe 2020 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Lyrics Dave Malloy 2020 Drama ...

On Aug. 18, conductor Charles Dutoit curates a Tanglewood concert featuring two works of Igor Stravinsky: his 1918 “L'Histoire du Soldat” (“The Soldier's Tale”) and his 1923 Octet for wind instruments ...

An exploration of the impact on people of Mendelssohn's Octet and the healing power of music around the world. From August 2011. Show more An exploration of the impact that Mendelssohn's Octet has had ...