In 2025-26, the Jacksonville Sympony will perform works from Copland, Mozart and Beethoven as well as music of Billy Joel, Elton John and Dolly Parton.

Brainstorming to reinvent the San Francisco Jazz Festival, SFJazz Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard didn’t have to search far for an organizing concept. “Look where I’m from, bro,” the New ...