Kaufman Music Center Executive Director Kate Sheeran has been tapped to succeed Jamal Rossi as dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Rossi announced last May that he would exit at the end of the current school year … » Read

The feisty group of Philadelphia musicians that labels itself the “No Name Pops” is hoping to discard its generic title in favor of the far more familiar “Philly Pops” appellation currently belonging to the family of Peter … » Read

Nathan Lutz, director of operations and education at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the last seven years, has been named as the new executive director of the Carmel Bach Festival . He succeeds the late Steve Friedlander, who retired last fall … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed … » Read

The Louisville Orchestra (LO) has received a $4.3 million vote of confidence from the Kentucky State Legislature. The funds will support the continuation and expansion of "In Harmony--The Commonwealth Tour" through 2026. Begun in 2022, the … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has reached the halfway point in its $140 million renovation and expansion of Powell Hall . In a design by the firm Snøhetta, the project, which got underway in 2023, is on schedule to be completed … » Read

Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80. Davis died Saturday at Rusk Institute in Chicago from leukemia, his manager, Jonathan Brill … » Read

If there is truth in advertising, or at least in title writing, last weekend's Vulture article bearing the title, “A Hidden Sexual Assault Scandal at the New York Philharmonic,” might better have been titled, “Filling in the … » Read

The New York Philharmonic has shared a letter that went out from President and CEO Gary Ginstling to musicians, staff, and board members. In it, he reports hiring a new independent investigation team in the wake of this week's  New York … » Read

As of July 1, 2024, the Opus 3 Berlin office will become Askonas Holt Berlin and will be headed by Alexander Hollensteiner, managing director of Kammerakademie Potsdam. Hollensteiner succeeds Jonathan Brill, who remains executive VP of Opus 3 … » Read