It’s a new day: New contract for DSO musicians; new life for your concert T-shirts; rave reviews – and a new career? – for Erykah Badu.

The new site looks clean and starched. Gone is any of the populist razzmatazz. This one says “class.” But it also offers some improved ticket-buying and calendar-searching.

Today in the roundup: Remembering Nancy Hamon, advice for the Dallas Opera and Symphony and shortening Shakespeare.

In the Saturday Spotlight, we’re bringing classical music to the next generation.

Lady Gaga and Carl Orff; Katy Perry and Mozart. Plano High’s Jocelyn Son-Hing finds there’s plenty of room for diversity on her Ipod and suggests you give classical music a shot too. And we’ll make it easy – enter to win a pair of tickets to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this weekend.

Enter to win tickets to the DSO this weekend, and read Vicky Chou’s take on why classical music is worth a shot.

Guest blogger Charles Jin says what do you have to lose? Enter to win DSO tix this weekend, give classical music a try and you may be surprised by what you discover.

Today in the roundup: Talking race at the Undermain, rekindled love at WaterTower and Alex Ross on the DSO.

Today in the roundup: The 25 Cliburn amateur semi-finalists, the DSO gets an associate concertmaster and local music bits.

Today in the roundup: More arts programming coming to PBS, prepping for “Red Light Winter” and Jaap’s favorite music hall (hint: it’s not the Meyerson).