Veteran conductor Bramwell Tovey has tested positive for Covid-19 and so will miss his podium dates tonight and tomorrow with the Rhode Island Philharmonic , of which he is principal conductor and artistic director. The orchestra reports that he … » Read

The San Francisco Opera has planned an ambitious 2022-2023 season to honor its centennial. On the program are eight productions that represent a blend of standard fare with less common repertoire, including two commissioned premieres by Bay Area … » Read

Its first tour in two-and-a-half years will be a modest one, but it does indicate a desire to show its colors outside the Amtrak corridor between Philadelphia and New York. The Philadelphia Orchestra will venture as far west as Oklahoma in a … » Read

In the past two years some of the most iconic names in popular music—Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon, Tina Turner, John Legend, the estate of David Bowie, et al.—have sold their music catalogs for prices ranging … » Read

After the Covid-plagued seasons of 2020 and 2021, U.S. music festivals are planning to move back toward normalcy this year. In four recent festival announcements, the programming is robust and the lineups of soloists and ensembles are starry … » Read

The hue and cry over the long overdue inclusion of more works by women and people of color can serve to disguise the fact that there are also thousands of other composers, some quite famous in their time, who hardly ever make it into a concert … » Read

Classical music lovers and TikTok aficionados might not seem to be cut from the same cloth, but the recent experience of the London Philharmonic suggests otherwise. In January 2021 the LPO joined the social networking service, hoping to keep … » Read

Those attending a Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center can now take a pre-performance rapid antigen Covid-19 test onsite at no cost. “Our intention is to have the safest environment we can and to have people … » Read

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra has announced plans for a $9mn state-of-the-art, 20,000-sq.-ft. music center to be located adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Center. For the past two years the ASO has been raising money behind-the-scenes. With … » Read

The union representing the musicians of the San Antonio Symphony, who have been on strike  since September 2021, have proposed returning compensation to 2019 levels, the last time both sides ratified a collective bargaining agreement. The … » Read