It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and the Washington Symphony Orchestra is ringing in the season with its much-anticipated annual Christmas performance – and this year, the concert has an island vibe. “Ho, Ho, Ho, With the WSO: With a Tropical Twist” will combine traditional ...

Moviegoers don’t always think of film composers when enjoying a night at the multiplex, but without them, many films would fall flat. Viewers who saw “Jaws” during a busy summer beach season a half-century ago can still recall the notes that evoked the terror of a circling shark. ...

In the 1957 Broadway musical, “The Music Man,” a grifter masquerades as a boys’ band organizer to sell musical instruments and uniforms to naïve midwestern townsfolk. Before “Harold” can skip town with the money, he falls in love with “Marian” and risks getting caught to stay and ...