A new study by a team of German academics and researchers reveals a wide range of physical and psychological pathologies that can arise from playing the violin. As a result, it emphasizes the need for a range of rehabilitation, care, and therapy … » Read

Music department faculty members at Brandeis University have been informed that a pair of key programs are to be put on hiatus. This fall will see the suspension of doctoral degree programs in musicology as well as composition and theory, with … » Read

Sir John Eliot Gardiner made headlines when he assaulted a singer who exited the stage in the wrong direction. Gardiner quickly apologized and stepped aside from upcoming performances. The incident was widely reported, not so much for Gardiner's … » Read

Wanted! A good home for a custom-built organ that weighs 40 tons and needs 800 square feet with a 50-foot ceiling to operate. Although it is over 100 years old and has been in storage since 1994, the Exposition Organ is in good shape. The city is … » Read

Music lovers in search of a unique concert venue will not do much better than a trip to the Mt. Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, CA. Founded in 1904 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the observatory was … » Read

In his most recent column, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross discusses a subject  frequently brought up in this space, and that is the demise of classical music at Lincoln Center. He points out that the complex was built as a home for the … » Read

Although contemporary opera composers cast a wide net when looking for nontraditional subjects for their works, few if any have turned to the modern labor movement for inspiration. An Aug. 13 workshop performance of excerpts from Delores , a … » Read

For classical musicians in the U.K., Brexit is proving to be every bit the disaster first predicted when the vote was taken in June of 2016. A new report from the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), based on interviews with 400 members, finds … » Read

Composer and electronic sound guru Tod Machover has been at the forefront of music and technology for decades. The son of a pianist and a computer scientist, he was appointed the first director of musical research at I.R.C.A.M. in Paris in 1980, … » Read

EAST SUSSEX, U.K. – Glyndebourne has announced that its 2023 festival far outperformed expectations, achieving attendance figures of 97 percent. The results will be especially welcome after Arts Council England chose to massively curtail … » Read