NEW YORK — Teen musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA walked onto the Carnegie Hall stage and acted in unison, much like string sections following their leaders: They pulled out cell phones and took selfies. As previously … » Read

Patrons of the San Diego Symphony (SDS) are going to have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the results of the $125 million renovation underway at Copley Symphony Hall in the Jacobs Music Center. The emergence of unexpected construction and redesign … » Read

Pittsburgh currently has two opera companies. The older, larger Pittsburgh Opera attracts thousands of patrons for productions presented in the fall, winter, and spring. The Pittsburgh Festival Opera (PFO) was established in 1978 and initially … » Read

A disruptive environmental protest at the opening night of the BBC Proms might well prove a portent of things to come for a British institution seemingly under attack. With major London performing arts institutions facing sharp cuts in government … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has some inventive programming going for it, thanks largely to both its current and immediate past music directors, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Michael Tilson Thomas. But, according to San Francisco Classical Voice … » Read

National Sawdust, the Brooklyn-based performing arts venue that enjoys a reputation for nurturing the careers of curious and groundbreaking artists, many of them historically marginalized, has completed the $21 million acquisition and renovation … » Read

Detroit Harmony, a collaborative of more than 40 local arts nonprofits, schools, and community organizations organized by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) in 2019, aims to create and strengthen music opportunities for every school child in … » Read

Émigré , a 90-minute oratorio about Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai in the 1930s, will debut this November in Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, with its U.S. premiere at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall … » Read

Undaunted by the fate of the apparently defunct Philly Pops, several of its musicians have organized a new ensemble, the No Name Pops, and scheduled performances for September and October. “It’s a shame there isn’t orchestral … » Read

For the past 15 years in Juárez, Mexico, violinist Jové García has run the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca (Aztec Hope Symphony Orchestra), an after-school music program that teaches children between 7 and 18 to … » Read