Surviving as a fulltime musician in Seattle and environs is so difficult that as many as four in 10 respondents to a recent survey suggested they might change their job or relocate within the next year. “It’s becoming increasingly a … » Read

The musicians of the Florida Orchestra have ratified a three-year contract that will increase base pay by 12 percent and extend the ensemble’s season. “This was one of the most positive negotiations in all my years in … » Read

When the pandemic derailed the western Massachusetts-based Berkshire Opera Festival’s plans to present Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2020, cofounder and director of production Jonathon Loy rescheduled it to 2022. While the discovery that … » Read

At least one Christian church in McAllen, TX, has been caught stealing, red-handed. On Aug. 5 and 6, RGV Productions, which works with The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries of McAllen performed and live streamed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s … » Read

According to research by the U.K.’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others, TikTok, the social media platform on which users can upload short videos set to music, has emerged as the vehicle favored by people under 25 for streaming … » Read

For many decades public service orchestras in the U.K. and western Europe have been both reliable purveyors of high-quality music free from commercial demands and sources of regional and national pride. The BBC Philharmonic, which celebrates its … » Read

The music industry and the tech companies are engaged in what one music executive calls a “deeply dysfunctional symbiotic relationship.” Billions of dollars—$28.8 billion in 2021—are at stake in the battle over the … » Read

Music critic Andrew Mellor has had a recurring dream in which he walks into the 2,350-seat London Coliseum for Jonathan Miller’s production of The Mikado and finds fewer than 100 people in attendance. The theater itself is dirty and … » Read

A paper published in the journal Cureus— " The Effect of Classical Music on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Mood’’ —bolsters long-held beliefs regarding the connections between listening to classical music and blood … » Read

The Royal College of Music has suspended Alexander Romanovsky, a professor of piano, for appearing in a video filmed by Russian state-controlled media in front of a bombed-out theater in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The theater had been … » Read