Music

The Connecticut Office of the Arts is hosting their READI Set Music Conference for creatives in the industry on Oct. 7 at NXTHVN in New Haven from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Organizers hope this immersive and interactive experience can ignite artists’ skills, and build invaluable connections with other creatives to amplify their work.

Connecticut hosted an annual festival this weekend for lovers of traditional music from the sea — from shanties to ballads. WSHU’s Davis Dunavin met with a few sea music lovers at the Connecticut Sea Music Festival in Essex.

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the New York Philharmonic for the 2026-27 season, ending a heralded tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic that began in 2009.

Over 120 inductees and memorabilia of Long Island’s music and entertainment history finally has a home.

Long Island experienced a record number of fish kills this past summer.

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame has found a permanent home with the Ward Melville Heritage Organization, which leased out its 8,800 square foot Education and Cultural Center to the Hall of Fame. Its new home is located in the Stony Brook Village Center.

Bill Harmer, the executive director of the Westport Library, said he had a vision to give the local community and surrounding areas a cultural celebration everyone could enjoy.

The increase in gas and food prices have been weighing on the minds of New Yorkers.

Parris kept performing with a variety of doo-wop acts for more than six decades.

You may think that diversity and music like Baroque, Classical, or Romantic don’t go together. Think again. Hundreds of women and people of color have composed, performed, and kept the legacy of these traditional music genres alive.