The Philadelphia Orchestra appears to be having trouble getting out of town. On July 20 the orchestra announced the cancellation of a four-concert tour in California scheduled for next March. In October 2022 a three-week tour of China scheduled … » Read

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna ( To Cross the Face of the Moon ), billed as the world’s first mariachi opera, made its Bay Area debut yesterday in Oakland in Karina Gutiérrez’s bi-lingual production by the West Edge Opera. Written … » Read

Cutting edge technology developed by California-based Not Impossible Labs is enlivening musical experiences for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences around the world. The key to the new device is a Vibrotextile™ vest that allows users to feel … » Read

In balloting that concluded July 17, an overwhelming majority of the members of the Royal Opera House’s orchestra voted to approve a strike if management does not meet their salary demands. Of the 93 percent of the players voting, 90 … » Read

July 21 is the early-bird deadline for registration for the first “Orchestras Now! Future Proof,” an international conference organized by Poland’s National Forum of Music (NFM) set to run September 6-8 in Wroclaw. It features … » Read

The news that John Williams’s work on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is his last film score may mark the end to “an epic era of film music,” writes Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times . But it hardly signals an end to the … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps. The global music industry surpassed 1 trillion streams at the fastest pace, ever, in a calendar year, Luminate's 2023 Midyear Report has found. The … » Read

Hip hop and classical music might seem like strange bedfellows, but Darin Atwater [pictured] thinks otherwise. Tonight, the Baltimore-based conductor, pianist, and composer’s hip-hop-infused Black Metropolis will premiere in a performance … » Read

NEW YORK — Teen musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA walked onto the Carnegie Hall stage and acted in unison, much like string sections following their leaders: They pulled out cell phones and took selfies. As previously … » Read

Patrons of the San Diego Symphony (SDS) are going to have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the results of the $125 million renovation underway at Copley Symphony Hall in the Jacobs Music Center. The emergence of unexpected construction and redesign … » Read