Sometimes a jewel becomes more valuable when people can wear it. That is a thought I had the other day when I was permitted to play the Gershwin Steinway that resides in a workshop at the School of ...

Some rare footage of Gershwin nailing a piano solo in 1930s New York has been uncovered, and it’s enough to rekindle your love of music all over again. It’s rare that we ever get the chance to see one ...

Classroom resources for 20th Century composer George Gershwin who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra George Gershwin, Composer Orion Weiss, Piano JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Rhapsody No.2 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Buffalo Philharmonic ...

If you’ve never heard of George Gershwin — and there aren’t many who haven’t — you’ve no doubt heard some of his songs, either in movies or on stage. He was renowned for his composing and piano ...

Gershwin Songbook, Movements: Swanee George Gershwin, Composer Frank Braley, Piano Gershwin Songbook, Movements: Nobody but you Frank Braley, Piano George Gershwin, Composer Gershwin Songbook, ...

A screenshot of the University of Michigan's new Gershwin Initiative website. According to The University Record, a free public concert on October 10 at 8:30 p.m., at U-M's Hill Auditorium, will mark ...

There is no doubt that the piano was George Gershwin’s favourite instrument. It is also the means by which German pianist Corinna Simon expresses her musical ideas, the vehicle she uses to interpret ...

The last Steinway grand piano owned by famed American composer George Gershwin – the one on which he most likely composed “Porgy and Bess” – has a new life. Donated to the University of Michigan ...

On January 26, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and the UM Gershwin Initiative presented a centennial concert of works by George Gershwin and his lyricist brother Ira ...

Insert your favorite toilet joke here. I tried. I considered dozens of poop puns, then finally decided nothing could top reality. So here it is: In the 1930s, George Gershwin—already a huge ...

Gershwin at the Piano isn’t as memorable a theatrical endeavor as its prededecessor, the Art Tatum tribute Piano Starts Here. Forced to resort to a Plan B after another company cancelled its Sunday ...