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 ...

DETROIT — How about this for a senior 2020 song -- Pomp and Circumstance recorded by 34 Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians. From home, the came together to create a special, inspired recording of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There are very few events with as many hallowed traditions as graduation ceremonies. These traditions are looking pretty different this year thanks to a global pandemic, but let’s ...

Every proud parent's heart swells when they hear it: the strains of Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," the traditional music for graduation ceremonies. So many emotions. Pride. The bittersweet ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the ...

For Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Paul McKee, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that he was playing a gig with a small combo at yet another wedding. Around him were a handful of bored players, ...