The U.S. has never rolled out the welcome mat for touring artists from abroad. “The [U.S.] artist visa process for several generations has been a really expensive, incredibly slow and complex process,” Matthew Covey, a New York … » Read

NEW YORK -- Poet Marie Howe, one of this year's winners of the Pulitzer Prize , says being a writer is often less a career than a vocation. You rely on teaching and other outside work and seek support from foundations or from a government agency, … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has sought and received $4 million from the Sherman Family Foundation, with an  additional $1 million in matching funds planned. The Foundation, based in Baltimore, focuses on education and … » Read

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies are gigantic in scope, “visceral and overwhelming,” writes pianist Julius Drake, embodying the composer’s belief that they “must contain everything.” His 50 or so songs, on the other … » Read

With an annual budget over $300 million for nearly 200 performances per season, the Metropolitan Opera is the nation’s largest performing arts institution. Its recent struggles—declining attendance, extra drawdowns from its endowment, … » Read

Donald Trump’s planned elimination of  federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has prompted strong objections from … » Read

In early May scores of arts organizations received emailed letters informing them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were being terminated because their missions were no longer aligned with Trump administration priorities … » Read

Opera in the Ozarks, the music festival and opera training program based in Eureka Springs, AR, celebrates its 75 th anniversary this summer. Three mainstage opera productions and a host of musical offerings throughout northwest Arkansas are on … » Read

Donald Trump’s allegations that liberal bias in news reporting justify his executive order eliminating federal funding to NPR and PBS are generating considerable pushback from within the public media universe. LaFontaine E. Oliver, … » Read

The situation seems to be going from bad to worse in the labor standoff between the musicians and management at the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). The recent 80 th birthday concert with Michael Tilson Thomas, appearing on the Davis Hall podium for … » Read