The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) rules allow streaming services to pay out a lower rate for “bundled services” than for stand-alone music services. By adding 15 hours of audiobook time per month to its premium music subscription … » Read

On June 12 David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), announced that revenues for 2023 totaled $6.21 billion, a 10.74 percent increase from the previous year. “Despite the many challenges … » Read

This summer the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra will begin a three-year residency in the German city of Monheim am Rhein. Since February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the orchestra had found a temporary home in Gera, located in central Germany, … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of its available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23 and an increase from 61% from its first season following the pandemic. Box office remained down from 75% in 2018-19 and a projected … » Read

Like most non-profit performing arts institutions, the San Francisco Opera is struggling financially with smaller post-pandemic audiences and rising costs. Decreasing its 2024-25 season to only six productions, as opposed to the usual eight or … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s March 14 announcement that he would not renew his five-year contract with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in 2025, due to disagreements with the board over “goals for the future of the institution,” i.e. … » Read

The turmoil resulting from the  sudden announcement that the University of the Arts (UArts) will close on June 7 is continuing. President Kerry Walk resigned on June 4, a move that left union representatives fuming at the cancellation of a … » Read

Among amateurs and pros, listeners and practitioners, “Interlochen” means music—camp or school, maybe both. That’s true enough, but it's just the tip of the iceberg. Situated between two lakes on 1,200 wooded acres in … » Read

In what has become an all-too-familiar scenario, Rhode Island’s arts organizations are fighting for their lives. The failure of audiences to return in pre-pandemic numbers has produced revenue losses across the state equivalent to 20 … » Read

On May 31, the students and faculty of the University of the Arts read in The Philadelphia Inquirer that the school would close in a week, on June 7. In a stunning understatement, the school’s website explained, “The situation came to … » Read