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Today, Maestro Seiji Ozawa will conduct his final performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as its music director, a post he's held for a record 29 years. Ever since his arrival in Massachusetts in 1960, Ozawa commanded the respect of his teachers, the scorn of some of the musicians under him, and the adoration of classical music listeners everywhere. NPR's Mark Mobley visited with Ozawa as the conductor prepared for this weekend's schedule of events.

Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck talks about the similarities between classical and jazz. He says a good melody works well with a jazz quartet or a symphony orchestra.

In the last of our five days with the words and music of Aaron Copland, we hear the composer talk about an exciting episode in his life: the years he spent in Paris. And we hear Leonard Bernstein lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the third and fourth movements from Copland's Symphony No. 3.

Erich Kunzel leads the National Symphony Orchestra in a Memorial Day celebration at the U.S. Capitol. Featuring actor Gary Sinise country singer Trace Adkins and retired Gen. Colin Powell, the concert commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Iwo Jima and honors the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One Oregon nonprofit is intercepting the fast-fashion waste stream one piece of clothing at a time.

The Oregon Department of Education, in tandem with the Oregon Health Authority and the governor’s office, released some guidance Tuesday for how and when…

White Bird Clinic shut down its Front Rooms department in Eugene last week, ending the program after over five decades.

More than 150 healthcare workers, elected officials, and community members rallied in front of RiverBend Medical Center in Springfield on Thursday to oppose PeaceHealth’s plan to outsource its local ER doctors.

Ada Limón, the former U.S. Poet Laureate will speak Wednesday at the University of Oregon in Eugene.