The Orlando Consort, the renowned Medieval and early Renaissance vocal quartet, has announced that the upcoming season—its 35 th —will be its last. “The timing is propitious,” the group said on its webpage, “[and] … » Read

Montreal’s McGill Conservatory of Music will close its doors for good at the end of this summer, a victim of the pandemic. In a statement, the school called its decision "sobering, yet unavoidable…. The trend is as clear as it is … » Read

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) purchase of a new nine-foot grand piano ($198,000), delayed two years by the pandemic, began at the Steinway showroom on Sixth Ave. in Manhattan, when Yefim Bronfman, a frequent PSO collaborator, … » Read

A new report from the League of American Orchestras and the Institute for Composer Diversity contains encouraging news for the classical music world’s efforts to increase performances of works by women and composers of color. The 2022 … » Read

John Mauceri’s recent book The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century has caught the attention of Barton Swaim, an editorial-page writer for the Wall Street Journal . Politics is Swaim’s usual arena, but, as his review … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July. The Broadway League announced Tuesday that mask-wearing will … » Read

A two-thirds majority of the Ukrainian parliament has voted to ban some Russian music in media and public spaces. The works banned include those created or performed by anyone who is or was a Russian citizen after 1991—the year Ukraine … » Read

“If an air aid lasts for longer than an hour, the performance is cancelled." If less than an hour, the cost of a  ticket includes free access to the bomb shelter. The announcement launched the gala reopening of the Odesa National … » Read

Rail strikes in the U.K. have forced the cancellation of many performances, simply because neither staff nor audiences are able to reach their respective destinations. West End theaters are canceling on a case-by-case basis, the English National … » Read

For the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), variety is both the spice and the sustenance of life. While most arts presenters struggled to reclaim their balance after the pandemic, BAM just completed one of its best years ever. Even better was the … » Read