For many listeners, public radio stations, particularly those in rural areas, are the go-to sources for news, information, and classical music. The decision by the Trump administration to rescind $1.1 billion in funding for public media … » Read

The membership of American Federation of Musicians Local 802 has voted overwhelmingly—98 percent—in favor of a strike if negotiations with the Broadway League do not produce a new agreement. The previous contract expired on August 31. … » Read

The administration has taken to felling trees on the Kennedy Center campus.  According to the Washington Classical Review , in a recent report on a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), “This week the administration chopped … » Read

Clinée Hedspeth, the commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), resigned unexpectedly on October 6, less than two years after Mayor Brandon Johnson handpicked her for the position. Johnson … » Read

The former Macy’s store in central Philadelphia will host a series of musical and holiday events, beginning on Oct. 17 and running through the remainder of the year. Following an early September performance by the Wanamaker Grand Organ, the … » Read

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have dropped their deportation case against John Shin, a South Korean violinist who was detained by agents on Aug. 18 in Utah while he was traveling for work purposes. On Sept. 8, he was … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic has certainly come a long way since the bad old days of women and East Asians not even being permitted to audition. It’s doubtful too that an Israeli would have been welcome 20 years ago, but the orchestra’s … » Read

The staff at La Fenice has voted for a one-day strike on Oct. 17, the opening night of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck , to protest the naming of Beatrice Venezi as the company’s new music director. The theater’s musicians and staff have … » Read

Winston-Salem residents Randall “Randy” and Kamalakshi “Kamu” Dishmon have donated more than $10.1 million to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) to establish the American Roots Music Institute. … » Read

A team of musicologists has discovered two works—a printed song score and the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions—by Henry Purcell. “It’s almost unheard of for something like that to turn up,” Alan … » Read