Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is in the midst of a leadership shake-up .  Less than a month ago, Clinée Hedspeth, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice as DCASE commissioner, resigned … » Read

PARIS (AP)—Protesters repeatedly disrupted a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, brandishing flares and sounding alarms that caused brief panic in the crowd and led musicians to leave the stage. Authorities said four … » Read

Donald Trump’s boast last February that he would “make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!” has apparently fallen on deaf ears. Attendance has since plummeted, no more so than at the Washington National Opera … » Read

The new Dance Hall of Fame will celebrate its inaugural class of inductees on December 3 at a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center on the UCLA campus. The ten honorees were selected by a board of 12 dance … » Read

The Amsterdam Concertgebouw has cancelled its agreement with the Chanukah Concert Foundation for a Chanukah show because Shai Abramson, the chief cantor for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), was scheduled to perform. "Making this decision was … » Read

In February 2025, the Eastern Music Festival (EMF) announced the cancellation of the annual five-week event held on the Guilford College campus in Greensboro, N.C. At issue were new demands placed on EMF by the musicians’ union (AMF), which … » Read

The Essen Philharmonic’s last-minute cancellation of the world premiere of sand like gold-leaf smithereens— Clara Iannotta's violin concerto for detuned violin, orchestra and electronics— took the composer, soloist Carolin … » Read

Nathan Raab, a historian and author in Pennsylvania, has uncovered what may be some of the earliest written notes in western music in a document he examined for a private owner. “This is an incredibly early witness to our modern use of … » Read

The Trump takeover of Kennedy Center has proven to be a debacle, as meticulously calculated by The Washington Post , owned, it may be recalled, by Trump ally Jeff Bezos. “Nearly nine months after Trump became chair of the center and more … » Read

NPR’s lawsuit to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) from distributing $57.9 million to the newly formed Public Media Infrastructure (PMI) to operate the satellite distribution system connecting public radio stations is … » Read