Several years ago, just before Christmas, I heard a knock at my front door and walked down the stairs to greet my Jewish violin student, who had just arrived for her weekly lesson. Before opening the ...

On the final episode of Hark! this season, prepare yourselves for a wee bit of scandal because we’re looking at a tune that began as a bawdy love song and has long been associated with an evil monarch ...

The Arcadia Chorale will present ‘The Coming of the King: Sacred Songs for Hanukkah, Advent, and Christmas’ on Dec. 6 in Wilkes-Barre and on Dec. 7 in Scranton. The group’s annual Messiah Sing-Along ...

The University of Notre Dame’s Sacred Music Academy presents two Christmas concerts as the Notre Dame Children’s Choir celebrates its 10th anniversary: • Notre Dame Children’s Choir Lessons and Carols ...

Brick Church will invite the community to Sacred Resonance: Lessons & Carols on Sunday, December 14 at 4 p.m. at 1140 Park Avenue in New York. The event will be part of the church’s Sacred Resonance ...

Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...