On Jan. 4 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed a victory to the striking musicians of the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra. In a ruling that found that the SSO had breached its agreement with the musicians by refusing to issue … » Read

The January 11 Carnegie Hall concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra under its Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been postponed to February 21 at 8 pm, “due to COVID-related concerns arising from the large number of … » Read

Joshua Kosman, music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle , makes no excuses for failing to limit his year-end list of musical highlights. “To have gone without live music for as long as we did through the months of lockdown was a … » Read

With cast and creatives scheduled to start arriving this week in Chicago, and the ongoing travel and health issues due to Covid-19, the Chicago Lyric Opera has announced the postponement of Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up , scheduled for January … » Read

Enough, already! Across the U.S., performances, industry conferences, and numerous other indoor events are being disrupted by Covid. In western Europe, it’s pretty much the same, although cancellations and last-minute cast changes are … » Read

As the pandemic takes its third curtain call, the Broadway theater world once again faces cancelled shows and closings as performers test positive and submit to quarantine. The one positive note to this sorry situation is the long overdue … » Read

Silicon Valley’s big tech firms have long been considered tight-fisted when it comes to supporting the arts in California’s Bay Area. Some recent examples to the contrary—an unsolicited $10,000 donation from the software company … » Read

It seems only appropriate that Osmo Vänskä begins his final year as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra with a three-week Sibelius Festival that features all seven of the symphonies as well as two versions of the Violin Concerto … » Read

Orchestras can use a range of strategies to engage Spanish-speaking and other multilingual audiences, including artist and repertoire choices, targeted outreach activities, and multilingual websites. For some, the last of these can be … » Read

Since the annual run of The Nutcracker performances is the key to most ballet companies’ survival, the outlook for going without the Sugar Plum Fairy for two consecutive seasons, or shortening her appearance in one of them anyway, is not … » Read