Our first piece takes inspiration from Harmoniemusik, a type of wind ensemble from the 18th century. In a similar vein, Kramer’s composition mimics this early style of repertoire with elegant and ...

The Brazilian composer and pianist Andre Mehmari has always played with the concept of theme and variation. He did a whole album of variations on Beatles tunes. (SOUNDBITE OF ANDRE MEHMARI'S "HERE ...

`Theme and Variations’: A thoughtful, vulnerable and richly nuanced performance from David Perkovich lies at the heart of a simple but thoroughly charming Illinois Theatre Center production of “Theme ...

Despite having played with Gillespie, Parker, and Mingus during his career, John LaPorta remains a largely unknown figure. Perhaps his biggest contribution is in the study of music—he was on the ...

Theme: Blues Chorale, 1st Variation (Basso Profundo), 2nd Variation (Jazz Canon), 3rd Variation (Tribute to Bird), 4th Variation (Images), 5th Variation (Jazz Fugue), 6th Variation (From the Cool ...

One wall of the gallery is a long stack of lively faces, the energetic style matching the animation in the faces. They match their subject, a clown in the old-school sense, more Charlie Chaplin than ...

HIS theme is the development of an artist; his variations are the impact upon an artist by life. Suppose a sculptor, assistant to Phidias, who had worked on the frieze of the Parthenon and known the ...