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Fired Librarian of Congress to Mellon Foundation

July 8, 2025 | James Pollard, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The former Librarian of Congress abruptly fired by President Donald Trump has been hired by the country’s largest philanthropic supporter of the arts. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation exclusively told The Associated … » Read
 

Reviews

Haymarket Has a Hit with the Other Leonardo

July 8, 2025 | Wynne Delacoma, Musical America
CHICAGO—The opera is four hours long, including two intermissions. The composer—Leonardo Vinci (no, not that Leonardo)—was famous in the early 1700s but virtually unknown today. The plot is beyond byzantine. Set in ancient … » Read
 

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Choral Directors Moving On and Up

July 8, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Beginning this autumn, composer/conductor Owain Park will move from principal guest conductor of the BBC Singers to chief conductor, succeeding Sofi Jeannin, who will devote more time to guest conducting and to her jobs with Ars Nova Copenhagen … » Read
 

Industry News

Rumble Strip Plays Beethoven 9 and Goes Viral

July 8, 2025 | Gabe Levin, Musical America
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP)—The humble road rumble strip, used around the world to alert drifting drivers to potential hazards or lane departures, can play Beethoven on a mountain highway in the far reaches of the United Arab … » Read
 

People in the News

Stuart Burrows Dies at 92

July 8, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Stuart Burrows, a Welsh lyric tenor who was a fixture on both sides of the Atlantic during the1970s and ‘80s, died in Cardiff, Wales, at age 92 on June 29. Born a coal miner’s son on Feb. 7, 1933, in Cilfynydd, Burrows passed up a … » Read
 

Reviews

Julius Eastman at Lincoln Center: A Rare Occasion

July 7, 2025 | Fred Cohn, Musical America
The June 28 concert Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than started with a processional, of sorts. The seven trumpeters who performed the composer’s 1970 Trumpet, played its first movement from the aisles of Geffen Hall’s Wu Tsai … » Read
 

People in the News

Rutgers Arts Dean Named Provost

July 7, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
As of July 1, Jason Geary became provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. A highly respected musicologist and veteran university administrator, Geary has been dean of Mason Gross School of … » Read
 

People in the News

Wexford Festival Names New Top Exec

July 7, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The board of Wexford Festival Trust has appointed Suzanne Nance as its new executive director as of January 1, 2026. She succeeds Loughlin Deegan, who has served in an interim capacity since Randall Shannon’s four-year contract as executive … » Read
 

People in the News

43-year Seattle Symphony Veteran to Retire

July 7, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
At the close of the Seattle Symphony’s 2024/2025 season, Zartouhi (Zart) Dombourian-Eby will retire after 43 years on flute and piccolo.. Her tenure has been marked by her leadership both on and off the stage. She served on the committee … » Read
 

Contests & Awards

Hamilton to Receive Constitution
Center Liberty Medal

July 3, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton and Ron Chernow, whose biography inspired it, are to receive the National Constitution Center’s (NCC) Liberty Medal on October 17, the first work of art ever to do so. Established in 1988, the … » Read
 
 

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