No work of music has a greater lock on a single ritual than Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March no. 1 does on American graduations. Cock an ear in the direction of high school and university ...

This week I will join millions of Americans as we participate in the common annual gathering known as graduation. Throughout April and May, auditoriums and stadiums alike will see academic regalia, ...

Pitchfork’s Brandon Stosuy makes a really good point about Swedish blackened trad metallers Tribulation in his write-up of their new video for “Strange Getaways Beckon,” namely that Tribulation have ...

It is a tribute to graduates everywhere, who march with certainty, pomp and circumstance, with faith in the future, and belief in good things to come. One of my favorite parts of traditional ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Darryn King writes about arts and culture of all kinds. In a previous post, I raved about the New World Center in South Beach, ...

Will the royal couple go for Handel, Tavener, or Elton John? And what would you choose for them? If there were ever a time for thunderously grand trumpet fanfares and unfurling waves of orchestral ...

On Thursday, Oregon State University's music department invited its musicians to perform in a 'Pomp and Circumstance' flash mob at Patrick Dougherty's twig sculptures of the same name. Approximately ...