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Sarah Caldwell, the Opera

Since 2010, the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder has hosted the New Opera Workshop (CU NOW), an extended colloquium over several weeks at which graduate voice students and alumni interact directly with living composers and … »
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New Regime's KenCen Coming Out Party: Update

This story was posted on June 10. The event went off as planned. June 11 will represent an official kickoff for the new Kennedy Center regime when Donald Trump and legions of supporters gather for a performance of Les … »
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Music Academy Acquires New Space with $20M Gift

A commitment of $20 million from Cheryl Goldberg in honor of her late husband Michael has enabled the Music Academy of the West to acquire a property in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara as the site for a music education center. The new venue … »
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Judge OKs Defunding Libraries

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by the American Library Association to halt the Trump administration’s further dismantling of an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the country, saying that … »
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Met Strikes Deal with AGMA,
But AFM & IATSE Still Pending
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera and the union for its soloists and chorus announced a one-year agreement Friday on a contract. The agreement calls for a 2.5% wage increase plus an additional temporary 2.5% hike that followed the … »
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Detroit Names Assistant Conductor

Ingrid Martin will become assistant conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) beginning with the 2025–2026 season. She will also serve as the Phillip and Lauren Fisher Community Ambassador as well as music director of the … »
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Benaroya Hall to Get a $20M Upgrade

In late May the Seattle Symphony launched the public phase of its $20 million Amplify campaign to enhance the public spaces of Benaroya Hall. Opened in downtown Seattle in 1998, the city-owned venue occupies an entire city block and houses two … »
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The Orchestra That Summers in Boston

Following their graduation from the New England Conservatory in 2019, violinist Alyssa Wang and clarinetist Nicholas Brown decided to found an orchestra. This summer the Boston Festival Orchestra (BFO) will celebrate its fifth anniversary. Their … »
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Despite the Cliburn, etc., Acoustic Piano Sales Tumble

Jon Suder, a Fort Worth attorney, recently did something that dwindling numbers of Americans are doing: He bought a new acoustic piano—one of Steinway’s Spiro models . There was a time when such a purchase was unremarkable. In 1909, … »
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KenCen Subscriptions Down from 2024-25

Reports filtering out from inside the Kennedy Center claim that subscription sales for the coming season’s programming are lagging behind last year’s by about 36 percent, or $1.6 million. For the same length of time in 2024—ten … »
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