AMERICAN MUSIC Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (left) is a classical composer and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. (Photo by Shevaun Williams); The Dover Quartet formed in Philadelphia at the Curtis ...

Few musical genres capture the art of telling a sad story beautifully quite like classic country and Western songs. This storytelling music comes from places where life is hard: working-class Southern ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...