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It's hardly surprising that Michael Daugherty came up big, since the Nashville Symphony's release of his Metropolis Symphony and Deus Ex Machina was nominated four times, but it's nice to see him win twice Best Orchestral Performance and Best Contemporary Composition.

Grammys Anne Midgette 2011

Part of the San Francisco Symphony's budget increase has gone to fund its ambitious educational projects, from the "Keeping Score" series to community outreach.

A Centenarian Fit as a Fiddle Barbara Jepson 2011

It is experience that Mr. Eschenbach brings to Washington—not just in leading the National Symphony's musicians, but also in his familiarity with the scores that are the bedrock of all such institutions.

Restoring the National's Glory David Mermelstein 2011

"We were constantly watching with almost a joyful curiosity where he was going to take this piece tonight," said William VerMeulen, the Houston Symphony's principal horn player, in 2008.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010

Sitting in his dressing room beneath Orchestra Hall, the Chicago Symphony's home since 1904, Mr. Muti, age 69, appeared relaxed and hale on Sunday, some puffiness in his face the only outward sign of what he euphemistically calls "the accident."

Muti, Standing Tall David Mermelstein 2011

In its ashes, the Symphony's musicians got together and created the Louisiana Philharmonic, the nation's first musician-owned and -operated orchestra.

Ben Rosen: Classical Music Economics: Is There a Solution? Ben Rosen 2011

In its ashes, the Symphony's musicians got together and created the Louisiana Philharmonic, the nation's first musician-owned and -operated orchestra.

Ben Rosen: Classical Music Economics: Is There a Solution? Ben Rosen 2011

Is the Detroit Symphony's dire situation a one-off phenomenon, or is it part of a larger problem affecting classical music organizations throughout the United States?

Ben Rosen: Classical Music Economics: Is There a Solution? Ben Rosen 2011

Is the Detroit Symphony's dire situation a one-off phenomenon, or is it part of a larger problem affecting classical music organizations throughout the United States?

Ben Rosen: Classical Music Economics: Is There a Solution? Ben Rosen 2011

It was shortly after the Boston Symphony's legendary music director Charles Munch died.

Howard Kissel: Cosi Fan Tutte Howard Kissel 2011