Terence Blanchard has always been drawn to a form of lyricism that runs burnished and bittersweet. You can track this mood throughout his career as a post-bop trumpeter, and no...

Just recently, a man walked up to trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard after one of his performances. He told Blanchard he was expecting to hear the lush melodies of “A...

The multiple Grammy winner talks about working with Spike Lee, listening to the universe — and the real-life hurricanes of this lifetime. Read More

Dressed in all black with yellow-rimmed glasses, Terence Blanchard looks every bit the jazz great he is, speaking to an intimate crowd gathered at the Loews New Orleans hotel. The...

United States Artists is pleased to announce the 2018 USA Fellows. This year, 45 artists and collectives will receive our $50,000 unrestricted award that recognizes their contributions to the field,...

Forty minutes into his own performance at the Cistern, Terence Blanchard had played trumpet for about five minutes. Read More

The winner, after two rounds…err…two acts and one intermission, is Champion at Washington National Opera (WNO). Read More  

How many operas have there been about boxing? a friend asked me at the Washington National Opera on Saturday night. In fact, there have been a few in Washington alone....

Symphony orchestras and opera companies across the country continually ask the same question: How do we attract a younger and more diverse audience?Saturday night, I discovered something of an answer...