The Juilliard School has received gifts totaling $20 million aimed at expanding creative work across disciplines, as well as part funding an annual festival and supporting the school’s jazz program. The donations come from dance educator … » Read

Vance George, Chorus Director Emeritus of the San Francisco Symphony, has written an open letter to the orchestra's CEO Matt Spivey in which he makes his opinions clear with regards to proposed cuts. “The Symphony management’s … » Read

TLDR: The Box is Broken, the Natives are Restless, and Spoiler Alert; They’re Classically Trained. I started the Bright Shiny Things label simply as a way to help my ensemble Sybarite5 . We had self-released an EP, Disturb the Silence , and … » Read

The San Francisco Opera Orchestra has reached a deal with management allowing for a short-term contract extension. According to the players, the last-minute agreement was struck “in the moments leading up to the performance” of the … » Read

The Sixteen has announced its first major tour of North America in nearly 20 years. Over eight performances, the acclaimed British choir will travel from Missouri, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to New York and Connecticut. The program, … » Read

The Gilmore Piano Festival is to double its footprint, shifting gear from a biennial to an annual event from the spring of 2026. The move is a sign of success for the Kalamazoo-based arts organization whose enthusiastic stakeholders have driven … » Read

A musician has been arrested and charged with fraudulently receiving over $10 million in streaming royalty payments. According to authorities in New York, Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, used artificial intelligence to create … » Read

The Welsh National Opera Chorus will take industrial action in an ongoing dispute over jobs and pay. The British Equity union announced that 93 percent of its members had voted to consider striking with a turnout of 100 percent. Meanwhile, they … » Read

Trinity Church in downtown Manhattan has announced its 2024-25 season including the New York premiere of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek’s new chamber opera, Silent Light . The programming reflects the organization’s ongoing … » Read

The most recent tax return for the New York Philharmonic has been released, revealing that across 2022-23, CEO Deborah Borda (pictured left) out-earned Music Director Jaap van Zweden (below) by approximately $200,000. Figures for the fiscal year … » Read