The Long Island Philharmonic has been performing for more than 30 years, but it's now one of many local music organizations left grasping for funds during a time of dwindling support from the government and local organizations.

WQXR and WNYC want to enhance the spirit of this anniversary for all of our listeners. So we are creating a special playlist of music suggested by listeners to mark the occasion. We want you to be a part of it. You suggestions will be played on a special online stream that will launch in early September on WQXR.org and WNYC.org. And the songs and compositions will be used to program both stations on September 11, 2011.

Can’t get enough of Chopin or Brahms? New research suggests the music you love doesn’t just sound good, it can actually provoke natural chemical reactions in the brain associated with pleasure and positive feeling.

The annual Make Music New York Festival takes over hundreds of public spaces in the city today, the longest day of the year.

Allergies, overwork and other assaults on the voice can ruin an operatic career. But a new arsenal of medical techniques is helping singers fight back.

She was the first black performer to get a long-term contract from a major Hollywood studio.

To many in the art world, William Kentridge is a household name. Less well known is Philip Miller, the South African composer who created the scores for many of Kentridge’s short films and other works.

In the last five years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than doubled the number of music therapists at its clinics. The VA uses music therapy to help veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, control their symptoms.

On the 200th anniversary of his birth, Poland has opened a new museum devoted to famed Romantic composer and pianist Frederic Chopin.

WQXR’s Bob Sherman is in Florida this week, listening very closely to music by the Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin.

Earlier today on WQXR, we brought you a set of variations by Johann Nepomuk Hummel on this familiar tune.