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Band leader Patron Yemery, right, recently recorded "The Refugee Anthem" with singer Prince Ntalagana.

Amplifying refugees and their musical talents

Boston-based International Orchestra of Refugees helps artists create cross-cultural ensembles and find employment.

Elton John to bring farewell tour to Gillette Stadium in 2022

The Grammy-winning performer announced Wednesday he will perform at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough in 2022 as part of Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour, which he says will be his last. Tickets go on sale June 30.

Peabody Essex puts performance in stunning historic venue

Boston duo Damon & Naomi kick off a virtual series filmed at PEM's Plummer Hall.

Handel and Haydn Society returns to live performances for Harry Christophers’s final season

H+H announces eight programs that include both familiar favorites and the work of overlooked artists.

Taylor Swift shocked fans Friday when she announced her next re-recorded album would be "Red," her 2012 foray into pop music.
Taylor Swift surprises fans by announcing that ‘Red’ will be her next re-recorded album
The album, expanded from the original to include 30 songs, is set for release on Nov. 19.

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Mark Volpe, managing director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in Symphony Hall.
Mark Volpe looks back at 23 years of running the BSO
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s longtime president and CEO is set to retire Sunday.

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The Dorchester Art Project space, located in Fields Corner, is the filming site of the five Tiny DAP Concert videos, to be released monthly through October.

Dorchester Art Project’s spin on Tiny Desk amplifies big voices

DAP launched its series of mini concerts this week with DJ WhySham.

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Keila Wakao, of Chestnut Hill, took top honors at the prestigious Menuhin Competition. She was photographed with her instrument this month outside New England Conservatory.

Meet the 15-year-old who just won ‘the Olympics of the Violin’

Keila Wakao, of Chestnut Hill, took top honors at the prestigious Menuhin Competition.

Andris Nelsons leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Christine Goerke, left and Gun-Brit Barkmin in "Elektra," in 2015.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is back just the way you left it — for better and worse

While the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra appear to be gunning for status as the East Coast’s answer to the forward-looking Los Angeles Philharmonic, the BSO seems content to throw its arms around the past and pay a few requisite courtesies to the future.

JJ Gonson at ONCE Somerville in 2015. Gonson is in search of a new home for her music venue, but meanwhile is partnering with Boynton Yards for a series of outdoor shows this summer.

ONCE Somerville lives on this summer as an outdoor venue

The search goes on for a permanent home while ONCE owner JJ Gonson plans more than 20 live shows at Boynton Yards.

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At the MFA, the first in-person event since March 2020 brings live music, a free outdoor movie screening, plus talks by artist-in-resident Rob Stull (who designed the Basquiat-themed banners currently displayed over the Huntington Avenue entrance).

6 artful ways to celebrate Juneteenth

At the MFA, the first in-person event since March 2020 brings live music and a free outdoor movie.

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18-year-old Brandon Greenstein of Lynnfield, who creates music under the name The BreakBomb Project, is working on his second album.

An EDM whiz kid from Lynnfield cracks a million streams on Spotify

Brandon Greenstein has been creating music under the moniker The BreakBomb Project since he was 15.

Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops at 2019's Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell. This year's concert will be performed live at Tanglewood, followed by fireworks from Boston Common.

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

The Pops will perform for an audience in the Berkshires followed by fireworks from Boston Common. The events will be televised live.

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Some of the orchestra's players posed for a photo this week in Waltham. From left: Aron Zelkowicz, Julianne Russell, Amy Sims, Ann Bobo, Dani Rimoni, Nancy Dimock, Brian Diehl, Beth Welty, and Mike Gorajec.

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

The unionized players, whose contract expired during the pandemic, are concerned that the administration hasn't announced any concerts.