As another concert season kicks off around the world, one certainty is that most of the world’s great orchestras will be sharply segregated by gender. In a recent study, 22 of the world’s leading orchestras were reviewed to see how … » Read

Gemma New, resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony and music director of the Hamilton (Ontario) Philharmonic, will add the Dallas Symphony to her CV as of the 2019-20 season, when she becomes the DSO’s principal guest conductor. The … » Read

At its annual meeting on Tuesday, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Board Chair Helen Zell reported the numbers for fiscal 2018, which ran July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Much of the news was good: ticket revenues rose by $1.1 million from 2016-17 to … » Read

Timothy J. McClimon, president of the American Express Foundation and part-time blogger, summarizes some key findings from Americans Speak Out about the Arts , the latest opinion poll conducted by Americans for the Arts. The poll surveyed a … » Read

In the late 1980’s Roger Norrington and his period-instruments band the London Classical Players offered annual weekend-long “experiences” on the South Bank, each devoted to a single composer. Their major works were performed … » Read

Jennifer Rivera is the new executive director and CEO of Long Beach Opera. She succeeds Jerold Kappel, who left last month after just under three years in the job. Rivera, a onetime mezzo-soprano soloist, has been with the company since 2017, in … » Read