Chris Thile has announced a solo tour starting at Koerner Hall in Toronto on October 15, with stops in upstate New York, North Bethesda, New York City, and Grand Rapids, culminating at Chicago Symphony Center on October 24. This follows previously announced orchestral performances in Philadelphia, Asheville, Detroit, and Katonah; an evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant at Carnegie Hall; and events with his fellow Punch Brothers.

"People have been calling Steve Reich the greatest living composer for more than 25 years," says NPR's Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe in her introduction to Reich's interview with NPR's Tom Huizenga on the release of the 27-disc box set Steve Reich Collected Works. About the collection, the composer says: "It makes me feel very good ... It's another way of saying the music is going to get out there. The music is going to have a life independent of me ... It's a great thing. And I'm very proud that it happened. And now I'm busily working on the next piece." You can hear them on NPR's Weekend Edition here.