One city in Europe has had enough of the hoopla, and has declared itself a Mozart-Free Zone. Fred Child has that story, and we have some non-Mozart Austrian music that might make you wish for more ...

Walt Groller — known locally for leading polkas and waltzes at Musikfest –will be honored Jan. 25 by the Austrian government for his work enhancing that country’s cultural life. Groller, 58, said ...

If this is a polka party, there must be beer, right? . . . Beer Barrel Polka. Roll Out the Barrel. Not quite. Walt Groller, Lehigh Valley’s polka master, accepted one of Austria’s highest civilian ...

It’s the final weekend of Wurstfest, the New Braunfels-based annual festival which celebrates German food, beer and, of course, music. The festival began as a single-day event in 1961, an homage to ...

The thunder and lightning effects in this Polka are not exactly realistic, but full marks to the composer – and percussion section – for enthusiasm. Josef Strauss clearly felt he’d exploited all the ...