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It doesn't take much to think back to your school days and remember how free you felt when summer was finally here. Classical music celebrates children's playtime.

You were mesmerized by Dan Brown’s suspense novel, "The DaVinci Code." Now be enchanted by his music!

Conductor Avlana Eisenberg and journalist Celeste Headlee, William Grant Still's granddaughter, talk about a new collection of the composer's music, recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

Also in this roundup: an all-women orchestra in Colombia, a follow-up on the auction of a very romantic violin, and a chorister's hilarious reaction to teaching a toy koala how to sing Mozart.

The first day of summer is a stone's throw away. We're listening to folk songs, orchestral masterpieces, and pieces that call to mind the great outdoors!

Ukraine's National Opera was built to celebrate Russian opera at the height of the imperial era. Performances were suspended after the war began but have recently re-started.

Vijay Gupta was a 19-year-old violin prodigy when he joined the LA Philharmonic. Now he runs Street Symphony, an organization bringing music to clinics, jails and homeless shelters on Skid Row.

From classical cocktail bars to the surprising choral backstory behind the Post-it Note, there's a lot to discover in this week's roundup!