The use of music to deter loitering or crime , or as a means of torture, is hardly a new phenomenon. Classical music, especially, is used by businesses, government agencies, and the military in ways never intended by their creators. Keith … » Read

As it concludes its first season, the San Antonio Philharmonic, which  arose like a phoenix from the ashes of the defunct San Antonio Symphony, has announced its plans for a second one: 10 classical concerts at its downtown venue in the … » Read

New Jersey based ADA Artist Management has merged with New York firm UIA Talent Agency; the ADA moniker—after Ana De Archuleta, who founded the firm some 20 years ago—has been dropped and UIA’s roster now includes artists from … » Read

It might have been like any night at the opera anywhere else in Europe, but for the presence of uniformed soldiers throughout the hall, a pre-show announcement instructing what to do in the event of an air raid alert, and the performance of the … » Read

The proliferation of songs generated by artificial intelligence (AI) has led industry leader Spotify to remove tens of thousands of tracks from Boomy, a two-year old AI startup that claims its users have generated more than14 million songs. Those … » Read

Born Joseph Bologne in 1745 in the French colony of Guadeloupe to a white plantation owner and his slave wife, settling in France as a free man, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges continues to emerge as an important historic figure. It was his … » Read

When the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plunked down $198,000 for a new Steinway concert grand almost a year ago , it was reasonable to expect that the new instrument would get a lot of use by visiting soloists as soon as the new season got … » Read

Throughout the pandemic and subsequent recovery, TRG Arts, a Colorado Springs-based arts analytics firm, has issued regular reports on the impact of Covid-19 on the arts . Relying on data reported from its Arts and Culture Benchmark , the company … » Read

The organization behind the cyberattack that  crippled the Met Opera website for nine days in December did in fact grab the names and credit card information of some 45,000 individuals in the U.S., according to The Record.  Letters that … » Read

The recent policy and funding reversals on the part of the BBC and Arts Council England (ACE) are not to believed. It’s no “time to breathe a sigh of relief,” opines journalist and critic Andrew Mellor, who sees in the … » Read