Northside ISD's Sotomayor High School can use the $20,000 prize for musical equipment.

The young Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas has a new album out called "Paganini: 24 Caprices" on Deutsche Grammophon records, but this two-CD set includes much more. TPR's Nathan Cone spoke to Dueñas about how Paganini’s music is both the backbone of the album and a building block for new ideas of what a "caprice" can be.

We explore repertoire from major and minor keys, highlighting how young artists express the character and nuance that each represent. We hear a teen cellist perform a bright and sunny work with ties to both the Baroque and Romantic eras, a young violinist brings a dark and stormy Beethoven Sonata, and a 17-year-old pianist performs a major fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier.

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

Arson Fahim remembers leaving for Boston to study music just days before the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

We're back in Kansas City with a 17-year-old double bassist who gives a heartfelt performance of Bottesini's Elegy No. 1. We meet a teen composer and learn about her journey in writing music, including creating an imaginative ocean adventure for the famous Kronos Quartet which you'll hear! Finally, we enjoy a flashback performance by prize-winning violinist Maria Ioudenitch from when she was a teen living in Kansas City.

In his album Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love) French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in 19th and 20th century societies that wouldn't accept them.

The college football national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday brings students into the spotlight, including the two marching bands that will perform during halftime.

On his new album, the British keyboardist offers both engaging and entertaining contemporary works for the misunderstood instrument.