The Voice UK runner up Bo Bruce talks to Marion McMullen about touring, recording her debut album and her relationship with judge Danny O'Donoghue.Read
In 1891, the Birmingham Triennial Festival proudly hosted the premiere performance of Dvorak's Requiem in the Town Hall, thus winning him a keen following.Read
* The spirit of the Blue Note label and all those classic releases on LP in the 1960s is going to be summoned up on Saturday evening when Birmingham Jazz presents a special project featuring the cream of Midland-based musicians.Read
Birmingham Opera Company's summer performance of Stockhausen's Mittwoch Aus Licht, which saw a string quartet take to the skies in helicopters over a disused Digbeth factory, has been shortlisted for the two top awards in the world of opera.Read
Czech conductor Jiri Belohlavek brings his orchestra to Birmingham tomorrow. He speaks to Christopher Morley about promoting his country's music to a worldwide audience.Read
Scratch orchestras don't usually display unanimity of intonation, they don't suffuse a bloom of tone, nor do they project any personality. But the Birmingham Festival Orchestra spectacularly does.Read
One of the most distinctive young singers in jazz has flown in from New York for a short British tour and will appear at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath on Sunday.Read
Award-winning musician Scott Matthews talks to Sarah Probert about finding his mojo and why his Midland home is the best place to record his latest album.Read
The CBSO's involvement in the UK's version of El Sistema, titled In Harmony, meant that the audience for this concert included many rows of excited (and well-behaved) children for whom this was the first time they had heard and seen a live orchestra.Read
Performing Bach's immortal choral masterpiece in English was certainly in line with the composer's mission - to communicate events to the audience with utmost immediacy.Read
One of the biggest nights in the jazz calendar is returning to Birmingham – 27 years after it started here – as the city continues to cement its place as the UK’s jazz capitalRead
Wagner, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and all the others: since his appointment in 2008 Andris Nelsons has brought us countless riches in his performances with the CBSO.Read
Unseasonal blizzard conditions did little to prevent a splendid turnout for The Bach Choir's magnificent start to Easter, immediately prior to Palm Sunday.Read
Where does all the freshness go? So many professional orchestras (Birmingham being a notable exception) and freelance scratch pick-up outfits seem to have lost the gift of communicating joy in music-making. Read
