The more than 50 members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the third largest in Ontario, received a shock on Sept. 16 when an email message informed them that their 2023-24 season, due to start the next day, was cancelled. "Nobody had any … » Read

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians voted Tuesday to ratify a three-year labor contract that incudes 3 percent annual salary raises. The deal was announced Sunday and replaces a … » Read

On Sept. 14, the Azrieli Foundation, Canada’s largest non-corporate foundation, announced the launch of the Azrieli Music, Arts, and Culture Center (AMACC). The new organization aims “to support the continuum of arts engagement for … » Read

If ever there was any doubt that the new broom at Lincoln Center was reversing not only priorities but also the mission of the place, witness the scene last weekend in which the fountain on the Plaza disappeared and was replaced by a basketball … » Read

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says it agreed Sunday to a three-year contract with its musicians to replace the agreement that expired within hours of the new one on Sunday. The deal,  which has yet to be ratified by … » Read

For the next five years, the Komische Oper will open its season with a large-scale production in a hangar at Berlin’s downtown Tempelhof airport, which ceased operations 15 years ago. The choice of such an unusual venue is of … » Read

Nobody will tell you why Apple bought Bis Records , asserts author and music historian Ted Gioia, because “it’s an ugly reason.” At first blush, the purchase of the 50-year-old Swedish label seems at odds with Apple’s past … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater have commissioned 42-year-old  Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets to write an opera  about Ukrainian mothers going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained … » Read

A survey by the U.K. Musicians’ Union and the charity Help Musicians of nearly 6,000 working British musicians—87 percent of whom were white—indicates that nearly half earn less than £14,000 ($17,460) a year. This is … » Read

Players and management at the Philadelphia Orchestra appear to have reached an impasse. On Sept. 10, the same day the old contract expired, 85 musicians rejected what the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. (POKC) called its “best … » Read