As the year winds down, the Yakima Symphony Orchestra is only just getting warmed up. More than half of the 2025–2026 Let’s Dance season still lies ahead. Each concert this season includes a work by ...

While the surface of Liquid Interface has many new elements, the programmatic approach dates to the 19th Century. But spokes of it have shot in all directions, including into the world of rock opera.

The great outdoors has always been a muse for artists, writers and musicians alike. From birdsong at dawn to the drama of a thunderstorm, nature offers endless rhythms, melodies and moods. The Yakima ...

The late 19th century “War of the Romantics” pitted “absolute music,” like that of Brahms that was about nothing but itself, against “programmatic music” like that of Wagner that supported a narrative ...