Spoleto Festival USA, founded exactly 49 years ago as the Stateside version of Gian Carlo Menotti’s annual festival in Spoleto, Italy, will this year run May 22–June 7 with over 100 performances in a variety of genres, from chamber … » Read

Great Britain, home to about 40,000 places of Christian worship and around 35,000 pipe organs, possesses a rich tradition of church organ music. It is, however, a tradition facing increasing threats. The relationship between the clergy and the … » Read

The pressure is mounting for the San Francisco Ballet to withdraw from its Kennedy Center dates, May 27-31.  An opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle last fall called for a pull out and a new petition on Change.Org does as well. … » Read

As previously reported , the Washington National Opera (WNO) announced on Friday that it would exit The Kennedy Center, its home for the past 55 years. Since the Trump takeover, sales have dropped and donations dried up. In a social-media post … » Read

A decade ago, the researchers at the Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) National Center for Arts Research developed the Arts Vibrancy Index to contextualize data being gathered—e.g., financial performance, attendance patterns, … » Read

Less than three weeks after threatening legal action against a young violinist for breaching a confidentiality agreement, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) executed a complete about face. On Jan. 6, the VSO issued a full-throated public … » Read

The Washington National Opera, facing declining ticket sales in its Kennedy Center home since DT took it over last February, will exit the venue, a move it  hinted at several months ago. WNO has secured new leases elsewhere but so far … » Read

In a move to update its image, the Celebrity Series of Boston today launches a new moniker, Vivo Performing Arts. With repeated assurances that the 87-year-old presenter would maintain a sterling artistic level, the announcement claims the new … » Read

From May 15 to 24, the Cleveland Orchestra’s fourth edition of the annual Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival will explore the theme of Courage. Composer/jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard [pictured] will curate, and the focal point is … » Read

From July 10 to August 15, Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF) will present ten weeks’ worth of concerts at Millennium Park under the leadership of Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero . All concerts are … » Read