Three of history’s greatest composers come back for a chat about music and more.

The Classical Style follows Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn as they return to earth to discover the current music scene. Full of inside jokes about music theory and musicology, the zany one act opera will be presented in an intimate black box setting. The UI students in the cast will have an opportunity to meet and work with librettist Jeremy Denk—who performs at Hancher on October 24—during the production process.

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The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)

The University of Iowa School of Music - Voxman Building

See the conducting stars of tomorrow in these engaging concerts where student conductors rotate between conducting a movement of a work, or playing in the orchestra. Program Director and AMFS Music Director Robert Spano observes the work of his students at this weekly event.

Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra

Aspen Meadows Resort

Tune in to a free livestream of this concert live from the Benedict Music Tent.

Livestream: Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, and the SF Symphony present John Adams’ Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, a rollicking work evoking Franz Liszt and the gritty sounds of American funk music in equal measure. Steven Stucky’s Radical Light, inspired by the grandeur of Jean Sibelius’ symphonies, opens the concert and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 closes it with rich orchestral textures, bold brass proclamations, and a final movement inspired by serene scenes of Nordic swans.

Stucky, Adams & Sibelius

Davies Symphony Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, and the SF Symphony present John Adams’ <em>Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?</em>, a rollicking work evoking Franz Liszt and the gritty sounds of American funk music in equal measure. Steven Stucky’s<em> Radical Light</em>, inspired by the grandeur of Jean Sibelius’ symphonies, opens the concert and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 closes it with rich orchestral textures, bold brass proclamations, and a final movement inspired by serene scenes of Nordic swans

Open Rehearsal: Stucky, Adams & Sibelius

Mozart cobbled together his “Haffner” Symphony from music he wrote to celebrate the young Sigmund Haffner’s ascension to nobility, instructing musicians to play as “as fast as possible” in the thrilling finale. After the symphony, FWSO music director Robert Spano conducts American composer Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts), a comedy in which Mozart is a character alongside other famous composers like Beethoven and Haydn, all portrayed by the talented Cafritz Young Artists of Washington National Opera.

 The Classical Style

Sundance Square

Journey from sunny Spain to picturesque Italy with spellbinding works steeped in the marvels of nature.

Steven Stucky

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 11 Oct, 2026

The Classical Style · Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

5 - 7 Feb, 2027

Nature’s Rhapsody Festival: Pines of Rome · Houston Symphony

Past events

13 - 15 Nov, 2025

The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts) · University of Iowa School of Music

Aug 9, 2023

Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra · Aspen Music Festival

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