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Updated Dec 6, 2023
The Callas Box: An Expert Assessment. [Part II of II]
Following continues Peter Clark’s review of La Divina: Maria Callas in All Her Roles, a 135-disc collection of all of her commercial recordings and many of her live performances. Part I was … »Read
ENO to Put Down Roots in Manchester
A year after being told to relocate if it hoped for continued funding from Arts Council England, English National Opera has announced plans to establish its new headquarters in Manchester. Other … »Read
Donor Accuses Bob Cole Conservatory of 'Elder Abuse,' Et al.
Regena Cole, whose 2008 gift of $16.4 million to California State University-Long Beach (CSULB) was the largest in the institution’s history and prompted renaming the music department the … »Read
Welsh National Opera Taps Interim GD
The Welsh National Opera has tapped Christopher Barron to be interim general director in early January 2024. He follows Aidan Lang, who is retiring at the end of this year after four years in the … »Read
Reno Phil Names New CEO
Aaron Doty, current VP and general manager of the Grand Rapids Symphony, is to be the new president and CEO of the Reno (NV) Philharmonic. His appointment caps a search that began last summer, … »Read
The Callas Box: An Expert Assessment. [Part I of II]
I once heard Leonard Bernstein ask a woodwind player to play a solo passage as a singer would phrase it. “Did you ever hear Callas sing?,” he said. Bernstein knew whereof he spoke, … »Read
Trinity Church Wall Street Hires Music Director
Trinity Church Wall Street’s next music director is an inside hire and the first woman to have the job in the church’s three-century-plus history. Perhaps not a surprising choice in … »Read
In the U.K.: Anthony McGill as 'One of America's Finest'
LONDON—A stone’s throw from the Barbican Centre, Milton Court is a home for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a place where the Barbican can present chamber works as part of … »Read
Domingo and Carreras to Tour Together
March of 2024 will find Plácido Domingo, age 82, and José Carreras, age 77, in Australia for The Legends Together Again, Live in Concert , a series of five concerts, complete with a … »Read
2024 Grawemeyer Award to Serbian-American Composer
Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, 53, has won the 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for Missa Supratext (“Mass Above Words”), for string … »Read
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The Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass at NJPAC, in residence at Montclair State University, welcomes young musicians to a summer of extraordinary
International Contemporary Ensemble Performs World Premiere of Yvette Janine Jackson’s T-Minus: A Radio Opera at Roulette on January 19
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HONORS & AWARDS
Each month, Musical America spotlights an important emerging talent. If you haven't heard of the New Artist of the Month before, we predict you will soon.
William Thomas, bass
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December 2023
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Jonas Frølund, clarinetist
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November 2023
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November 2023
Stephanie Childress, conductor
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October 2023
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October 2023
Lee Reynolds, conductor
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September 2023
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Hillary Simms, trombonist
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August 2023
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August 2023
Huang Yi, conductor
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July 2023
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July 2023
Elijah McCormack, male soprano
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June 2023
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June 2023
James Díaz, composer
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May 2023
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May 2023
Sameer Patel, conductor
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April 2023
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April 2023
Brandon Acker, plucked instrument specialist
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March 2023
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Emma O'Halloran, composer
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February 2023
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February 2023
Anne Marie Stanley, mezzo-soprano
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January 2023
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January 2023
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