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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Since the pandemic began, playwright-pianist-performer Hershey Felder has been using his time off the road turning many of his well-traveled solo plays about famous composers into increasingly ...

McMaster professor Alan Walker spent 10 years travelling the world, combing through the archives of one of history's most fabled composers. Fryderyk Chopin has been the subject of many biographies and ...

Frédéric Chopin’s nine-year affair with author George Sand is the stuff of legend. Less well known is his relationship with Jane Stirling of Perthshire. Infatuated with her superstar piano teacher, ...