From 2022 to 2025, the Irish government ran a pilot program that provided a weekly stipend of €325 (£283) to 2,000 artists and creatives. Now the government has decided to make the program permanent. This decision is at odds with … » Read

Chamber Music America, the national network for small ensemble professionals, has acquired CelloBello, a nonprofit that offers free and accessible music education resources to the cello and chamber music community. The acquisition of … » Read

The Broadway musicians of Local 802 AFM and the producers of the Broadway League have reached an agreement, thereby avoiding a work stoppage by the former that could potentially have darkened most of Broadway. “United in solidarity, Local … » Read

In an unusual move, the Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Association has acquired the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (YSO). The ensemble gave its first concerts there in 1929, and for the next four decades performed at Stambaugh. Then, from 1969 … » Read

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park will henceforth be known as the Highmark Mann, in recognition of the Pittsburgh-based insurance company’s purchase of naming rights for an undisclosed sum. The … » Read

Since 2013, the San Francisco-based Opera Parallèle has produced six new operas through its Hands-on-Opera program. Each new production provides opportunities for various communities to serve as chorus members, young singers to gain … » Read

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) has broken ground for a new Park Slope campus that will double its capacity to provide music therapy and education. The new 12,000-sq.-ft.-foot facility at One Prospect Park West will house 13 … » Read

Broadway musicians of Local 802 AFM are rattling their collective sword, stating they will call an “immediate” strike if they don’t have a satisfactory contract agreement with the producers in the Broadway League by Thursday … » Read

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope, and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain … » Read

The sudden closure of Houston-based Vivaldi Music Academy on Oct. 16 has left dozens of its former teachers wondering if they would ever get paid. "[I'm owed] probably over $3,000," Rice University senior Sam Rachleff told Houston’s ABC13. … » Read