For at least the past century, the design of the piano keyboard has undergone few significant changes, partly from pure tradition and partly from a refusal to acknowledge that different-sized hands deserve different-sized keyboards. The website … » Read

A French court ruled last Friday that Maurice Ravel was the composer of the ubiquitous Bolero. That may seem obvious, but earlier this year the heirs of Russian of stage designer Alexandre Benois, who worked on the original performance of the … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s decision to not renew his contract as music director of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has shocked the city’s cultural cognoscenti and called into question the city’s self-image. The Finn was unsparing when … » Read

The city of Calgary, population approximately 1.7 million, appears on the surface to take seriously the notion that the arts drive economic growth. On Wednesday, Arts Commons, a 560,000-square-foot area in downtown encompassing six gallery … » Read

Over 300 miles north of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, the architectural firm of Hassell and Localworks has collaborated with To.org , a collective of materials scientists, visual artists, storytellers, architects, and other visionary … » Read

In June 2025, after 14 years, Will Miller will step down as president of The Wallace Foundation. Under his leadership the foundation has enhanced its support in its core areas of interest—arts, education leadership, and youth development. … » Read

In anticipation of likely changes to the local philanthropic landscape , two Philadelphia children’s choirs are laying the groundwork for an eventual merger. The Commonwealth Youthchoirs and the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale … » Read

BOSTON (AP) — Big record companies are suing artificial intelligence song-generators Suno and Udio for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI music startups are exploiting the recorded works of artists from Chuck Berry to Mariah … » Read

From 1987 to 2016, the Irvine Concert Meadows (later renamed the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) was the summer home for the Pacific Symphony. When the venue closed in 2016, the orchestra relocated first to the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa … » Read

Ominous talk of a potential spending squeeze is causing alarm among Scotland’s cultural institutions, which are already contending with ten years of standstill funding in the face of Brexit, the pandemic, inflation, and a cost-of-living … » Read