On Dec. 8 the musicians of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, seeking increased wages, voted to approve a possible strike. Negotiations, which have been ongoing since April 2022, have thus far produced, according to a press release from the … » Read

Hollywood filmmakers, often subject to spasms of enthusiasm, recently seem to have fallen in love with classical music. Witness the focus of five films released in the last 18 months: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Cate Blanchett’s star … » Read

On Dec. 3 a new chorus made a promising debut in Washington, D.C. The Washington Douglass Chorale, a 47-member semiprofessional ensemble, is the creation of former Choral Arts Society of Washington Director Scott Tucker and Music Director Nolan … » Read

The announcement that English National Opera will decamp for Manchester, as per the heavy-handed directive from Arts Council England (ACE), “raises far more questions than it answers,” writes senior Telegraph critic Nicholas Kenyon. … » Read

Regena Cole, whose 2008 gift of $16.4 million to California State University-Long Beach (CSULB) was the largest in the institution’s history and prompted renaming the music department the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music in honor of her late … » Read

A year after being told to relocate if it hoped for continued funding from Arts Council England, English National Opera has announced plans to establish its new headquarters in Manchester. Other cities that had been under consideration were … » Read

In 1973 the Philadelphia Orchestra became the first American orchestra to visit the People’s Republic of China. While a tour by the Philadelphians to celebrate the 50 th anniversary last May had to be cancelled due to the country’s … » Read

This year’s holiday season in Philadelphia is awash with news about Pops, both on and off stage. On Dec. 1 A Very Philly Christmas , featuring the No Name Pops, opened a nine-concert run (through Dec. 23) in Verizon Hall. The recently … » Read

Outhere Music is acquiring Delos, the 50-year-old California-based recording label founded by Amelia Haygood and led for many years by pianist Carol Rosenberger, the first artist Haygood recorded. Delos, a pioneer in digital recording, has … » Read

In 2015, the British composer and conductor Leo Geyer was commissioned to write a piece honoring the historian and Holocaust expert Martin Gilbert [pictured]. While visiting the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau to get a “sense of the … » Read