The National Concert Hall’s education, community and outreach department has begun a new strand of talks and interviews. Pre-concert talks and interviews have been part of the scene for a long time ...

One fall afternoon — red leaves, silver drizzle — a friend and I were given a tour of Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire. We learned many things: how the Shakers believed in a life of ...

We often marvel at prodigies who mastered the art of both violin and piano playing at a young age (e.g., German violin soloist and concert pianist Julia Fischer). Speaking from an ordinary person’s ...