Professor Aicher explains that many composers have exciting premieres, where their music is played in public for the first time.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

He says there has never been a richer time for so many musicians and so many kinds of new music.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

He studied music for a short time at the Granoff Studios and at the Ornstein School of Music.

VOA: special.2010.11.07

It is that time of year again. Warm weather means outdoor music festivals and one of the biggest is happening right now.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Anything in art,music or literature which is very modern or ahead of its time is called avant-garde.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

And in April she will host the Academy of Country Music Awards for the twelfth time.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

Thanks to technology, more music is available to more people than at any time in history.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Performers of bebop left the traditional musical melody and played a song freely, with the music and rhythm that was felt at the time.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

They urged her to become a music teacher, because they said that was the only good job for a black woman at that time.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Rounder is a major label that specializes in roots music, including bluegrass and old-time country.

VOA: special.2010.04.19

At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for someone to play a leading part in his new work, "Porgy and Bess."

VOA: special.2010.03.07

By the time he was thirteen, James Brown had formed his own music group.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Brown influenced the music of his time and many performers who came after him.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

"What if this was someone coming to the music for the very first time?

VOA: special.2010.07.12

Faith Lapidus has more. As a boy,Ben Harper spent a lot of time at his grandparents' record store called The Folk Music Center and Museum in California.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

She was one of the most important music teachers of the time.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

During this time, Michael Jackson kept recording and performing music.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

At this time, music in America was mostly divided racially.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

They were looking for people who at the same time were representatives of a much bigger powerful tradition in the case of African-American music, but at the same time were really singular in their ability to express that tradition."

VOA: special.2010.01.18

This time around, the "Nightmare" director is Sam Bayer, a star in the music video world making his feature film debut.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"Right now in Country music is a great time for a lot of different kinds of Country music,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

This is the first time there has been a separate category for Americana music.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24