Manhattan School of Music has responded to claims issued in a press release last week by ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of the Teachers’ Union. The union has authorized a strike by the precollege faculty, whose last contract expired in August 31 and … » Read

Precollege faculty at Manhattan School of Music have voted to strike “if negotiations continue to stagnate.” As members of ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), they state in a press release that they have … » Read

The Argus Quartet has two new members in violinist Sam Parrini and cellist Drake Driscoll, replacing violinist Clara Kim, a founder of the group in 2013, and cellist Mariel Roberts. Parrini is a Juilliard grad and, with Driscoll, a teaching … » Read

Wise Music Group (WMG), a major publisher of classical music whose holdings include G. Schirmer. Chester Music, and Edition Peters, has sold its music education division to private equity firm Achieve Partners. The concept is for WMG to invest … » Read

Entering her third year as director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Nicola Benedetti has sounded an alarm about the health of the ionic celebration and Scotland’s creative arts scene in general due to continued funding cuts. … » Read

On Jan. 10 and 11, when Weicheng Zhao performs Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony with the San Diego Symphony (SDS), the Robert-Morton Theatre Organ will have its own coming-out party in the renovated Jacobs Music Center. The two concerts … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has cancelled concerts for this weekend, due to the winds and wildfires in the area. The Schumann and Brahms performances, January 9-12, conducted by Louis Langrée, will not be rescheduled. Refunds are … » Read

The 2025 Grant Park Music Festival, the first for Giancarlo Guerrero in his role as artistic director and principal conductor, offers 20 programs during the ten weeks from June 11 to August 16. Most of the concerts will be at Millennium … » Read

The ushers at the Academy of Music,  Kimmel Center, and the Miller Theater have rejected a Dec. 30 contract offer from Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts (POEA) management. As such, and since they are represented by IATSE … » Read

The Welsh National Opera (WNO), coming up on its 80 th anniversary and struggling to survive in the face of Arts Council England’s decision to cut its funding by 35 percent, has its new management team: Adele Thomas and Sarah Crabtree, … » Read