We realize that you haven’t heard much from Astraios lately. We’ve been busy working on an exciting new project! We are currently...

It was rehearsal day, the day before we were going to record the Christmas concert, and we were discussing how we might try to put an...

Music theory, at its core, asks two simple questions: why does music sound the way it does and what causes it to sound that way?

We hope you're planning to join us live on Friday, October 25th or Sunday, October 27th. But for our fans who are out of state, we will...

Today we’re talking about a piece for a quirky combination of instruments. (You know us. Astraios loves quirky combinations of...

We've spent time on this blog talking about how to listen to chamber music, but we have yet to dig into what chamber music actually is...

Anyone who knows me will not be shocked to find out I didn’t even consider that Sunday is the Super Bowl when we scheduled this concert....

Often, when you’re at an Astraios concert, we’ll mention that chamber music comes from a tradition of friends gathering to play music...

We get it. "Astraios" is a goofy word. And we've heard every pronunciation in the book. AZ-trie-ohs. Az-TRAY-uhs. As-tree-OHS. And,...

Welcome to Astraios’s new blog series! As part of our new look, we wanted to create a way to continue the Astraios experience outside the...

Personally, I could play Bach all day. But I know a lot of people hear the name “Bach” and shut down. He’s the epitome of the “dead...

Welcome! Today I want to introduce you to Mahler’s St. Anthony and the Fishes. This is one of the most popular pieces in The August...

Today we’re talking string quartets, and are featuring a short recording by the Emerson Quartet. This multi-Grammy award winning string...