Conductor JoAnn Falletta’s recording with the Buffalo philharmonic of Respighi’s Roman Trilogy was recently released by Naxos. She sat down with Classical Music Indy’s Michael Toulouse to talk about some of the highlights of the Third part of this tril …

The Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Band (MCWRB) was active during 1943-45. This band, along with other female military ensembles, created valuable opportunities for women to perform within the military, and acted as a catalyst for performing female music …

Recendez begged her parents to play the flute. When she was 8, her mother finally took her to a reluctant music teacher who said she was too young for lessons. “He handed me a flute and said, ‘Here you go. Try to make a sound,’” Recendez says. “I made …