This year’s event took place on January 25 and 26th and featured five teams. On Friday night, composers and lyricists (librettists) were randomly paired and given 12 hours to compose 7-to-10 minute ...

Before he wrote “Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Dummies” and starred in cabaret shows he wrote, Bill Dyszel made a life-changing discovery as a freshman at Palatine High School. “I had no musical ...

The proper etiquette for opera is a little less obvious than the etiquette for musicals and general concerts. So, I did what came naturally -- I consulted "Opera for Dummies" by David Pogue and Scott ...

Already the musical leader of the Joffrey Ballet, the Mobile (Alabama) Symphony Orchestra, and the Muskegon-based West Michigan Symphony, Scott Speck was named the new artistic director of the Chicago ...

Before embarking on an opera tour to Europe, I searched for an Opera for Dummies but to no avail. Fortunately, a friend loaned me The Virgin Guide to Classical Music. So this virgin set off to learn ...