Three months after forming, a group of teenagers from Pasco County has won a national music competition. ...more

November 20, 2009

Three months after forming, a group of teenagers from Pasco County has won a national music competition. ...more

November 15, 2009

It is apparent Sonny LaRosa does not like to be interviewed. He hands a reporter a sheaf of clippings. "It's all there," he says, noting that reporters always ask the same questions. The 82-year-old LaRosa can be forgiven. As founder of America's Youngest Jazz Band, a group of Suncoast 4- to 13-year-olds who know how to make sweet notes on trumpets, saxophones and other instruments in the style of the Big Band era, he has had to contend with nosey reporters for 30 years. ...more

February 21, 2009

Drummer Martin Atkins passes on the lessons he's learned from years of touring. ...more

February 17, 2009

At 17, Emily Fredrickson has found her passion. She appears barely able to contain her enthusiasm when discussing her trombone playing. "I love it," she says. "I can't imagine doing anything else." ...more

November 29, 2008

The Hernando County Symphony Orchestra will continue performing in Brooksville. ...more

August 13, 2008

If the new administration at Brooksville's Hernando High School has anything to say about it, the Hernando County Symphony Orchestra will continue performing at the school's auditorium. ...more

August 12, 2008

For Eddie Lawrence, jazz is more than just music — it's akin to a religious experience. ...more

August 10, 2008

She calls it instant karma. That's the feeling surrounding a world premiere in Tampa today, when area music students give birth to a new work by noted American composer Augusta Read Thomas. ...more

May 18, 2008

On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Or as Steven Van Zandt remembers the moment: "It was the beginning of my life." ...more

November 22, 2007