Music

Celebrations including Disney, Kwanzaa, and live and virtual shows are highlighted this holiday weekend.

Dec. 16 - Dec. 19: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

Dr. Derrell Acon is a singer and arts administrator from Long Beach Opera who will take on the unique role of HR exec and equity, diversity, and inclusion officer.

The Crossing choir’s Christmas concerts will premiere 12 new compositions written for a pandemic.

Vicente Fernández, a beloved Mexican singer who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new generation of performers has died. He was 81 years old.

The music education organization has given away thousands of instruments to schoolchildren out of its Center City storage unit.

Jane Lynch and Charlie Brown’s musical Christmas anchor this weekend’s events in and around Philadelphia.

America’s only woman director of a major orchestra (the Atlanta Symphony), Nathalie Stutzmann debuts as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The theatrical giant, who died Friday at 91, was as complex as his lyrics, dogmatic in his rules and not generous with praise about his work.

10 tracks to fill the air with local love.

Delaware concert venues like Wilmington’s The Queen will share more than $30 million in federal grants through the Save our Stages Act.

Sinatra’s Rat Pack, ABBA, Eagles vs. Saints, and the Philly Marathon are the weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.

Nov. 11- Nov. 14: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries.

The memoir is titled “Will,” and the very first stop was a small bookstore on Girard Avenue in Fishtown: Harriett’s.