Atlanta Symphony Orchestra second chair Lauren Roth-Gómez stopped by GPB to talk with Sarah Zaslaw about her history with the Bach Double and other bits of her background — including quite determinedly asking Santa for her very first instrument.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced its programming for the 2026-2027 season Wednesday. This year’s performances will focus on the works of Johannes Brahms.
Dionne Warwick reflects on six decades of music, her final album DW Duets, and what still brings her joy on stage ahead of her performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta.
Earlier research from Emory University’s Goizueta Brain Health Institute found that music improves mood and engagement among people with cognitive concerns. Now, a partnership with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is studying how best to use music to improve their lives.
America's 250th birthday celebration will reverberate in cultural events throughout next year, including a series of concerts by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Plus: Familiar classics from Beethoven and Mozart are popular across the state.
On his swing through Atlanta in September, Lang Lang sat down with GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to chat about everything from his move from China as a teen to his latest album, Piano Book 2.
You might expect Andrew Manze to be a bit of a music snob. But no, at heart, he just wants to hear music, make music, share it, tell stories about it, and let people clap whenever they want. He speaks with GPB's Sarah Zaslaw.
David Coucheron was just 25 when he landed the position of concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Now, 15 years on, he joins GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to talk about what a concertmaster does.
LISTEN: Roderick Cox, music director of the opera orchestra in Montpellier, France, came home to Georgia to lead the ASO in concert last fall. GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw caught up with Roderick remotely in December.
After a long hiatus, the King Celebration Concert is back, featuring the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir and Band along with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus, prominent composers and jazz singer Gregory Porter.
Atlanta Symphony Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann is the second woman to lead a major U.S. orchestra. She joined ASO in 2022 and is in the middle of the 2023-2024 season, which debuted this week on GPB Radio and airs Thursdays and Sundays and streams across the state of Georgia on GPB Classical. This weekend, GPB TV will air the documentary, My Boléro, about Stutzmann's first time conducting the famous 1928 orchestral work by French composer Maurice Ravel.
Tuesday's service celebrated the former first lady's accomplishments and humanity with songs, scripture and poetry. Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus and country stars Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks performed some of Mrs. Carter's favorite compositions.
Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights," laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960.
