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Updated Oct 13, 2024

Joshua Bell Joins the N.J. Symphony Conductor Roster

What’s in a title? Maybe not as much as what’s in a name. Joshua Bell has been announced as the inaugural principal guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony as of 2025-26 for four … »Read

Fabio Luisi Aims to Make Dallas a Destination for Ringnuts

Fabio Luisi, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s music director and a veteran Wagnerian, is about to make the Texas city a destination for devotees of the German master’s four-opera saga. … »Read

Cinci Symphony Taps Randall Goosby

Violinist Randall Goosby will be the 2025 MAC (Multi Cultural Awareness Council) Music Innovator at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO). He succeeds British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason to fill … »Read

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Detroit Symphony Adds New Players, Including Principals

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has appointed two new permanent musicians—Alyssa Katahara as principal harp (pictured) and James Vaughen as assistant principal trumpet—and … »Read

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Patrick Summers to Exit Houston Grand Opera

Patrick Summers will step down as artistic and music director of the Houston Grand Opera at the close of the 2025-26 season. Hired by David Gockley in 1998, Summers has overseen the premieres of … »Read

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Astral Artists to Shut Down

After 32 years, Astral Artists will close its doors in the coming months, a victim of Philadelphia’s increasingly perilous funding environment. Founded in 1992 by Vera Wilson, who retired … »Read

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Il Trittico in Wales: Perhaps the Best Ever

CARDIFF—Just when it seems to be thriving, musical Wales is in crisis. Welsh National Opera (WNO) in particular may not even survive the season. Wales is still governed from London, which … »Read

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Peter Gelb's Comments About Critics Hit Page Six

The infamous Page Six of the New York Post has cited Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb as blaming critics for resisting opera that is accessible and thus panning it. He cites New York Times … »Read

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Unearthed 1935 Imogen Holst Concerto to Premiere

On Nov. 24 violinist Midori Komachi will premiere Imogen Holst’s Violin Concerto, a work composed in 1935 that languished in the archive at Britten Pears Arts in Aldeburgh until she … »Read

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Davóne Tines's ROBESON Live: A Fumbled Triumph

CHICAGO— Outside Chicago’s Harris Theater, an LED marquee announces what’s on that evening. On Oct. 1, it beamed a sultry portrait of bass-baritone Davóne … »Read

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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.

Liza Malamut, trombonist
New Artist of the Month
October 2024

Nancy Ives, composer
New Artist of the Month
September 2024

Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
New Artist of the Month
August 2024

Edmund Danon, baritone
New Artist of the Month
July 2024

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2024

Ian Niederhoffer, conductor
New Artist of the Month
May 2024

~Nois Saxophone Quartet
New Artists of the Month
April 2024

Sarah Saviet, violinist
New Artist of the Month
March 2024

Sarah Dufresne, soprano
New Artist of the Month
February 2024

Ben Goldscheider, horn player
New Artist of the Month
January 2024

William Thomas, bass
New Artist of the Month
December 2023

Jonas Frølund, clarinetist
New Artist of the Month
November 2023

Stephanie Childress, conductor
New Artist of the Month
October 2023

Lee Reynolds, conductor
New Artist of the Month
September 2023

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	Davóne Tines's ROBESON Live: A Fumbled Triumph
2.	Astral Artists to Shut Down
3.	$550 Million Later, Does Geffen Sound Any Better?
4.	Cinci Symphony Taps Randall Goosby
5.	Joshua Bell Joins the N.J. Symphony Conductor Roster
6.	Detroit Symphony Adds New Players, Including Principals
7.	Patrick Summers to Exit Houston Grand Opera
8.	Fabio Luisi Aims to Make Dallas a Destination for Ringnuts
9.	Lucky 13: Philly O Heads Back to China
10.	Il Trittico in Wales: Perhaps the Best Ever