INDUSTRY NEWS


Industry News

SF Symphony Still Stops Short of Requiring Vaccine

August 3, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The San Francisco Symphony has updated its Covid-19 safety protocols, going into effect this Friday, August 6. However, unlike its colleagues at the SF Opera, the Met Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Broadway, it is not requiring proof of vaccination … » Read
 

Industry News

MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, August 2-16

August 2, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
We will be updating this list weekly. Please note that all times are given in U.S. Eastern Time (ET). To calculate in other time zones or counties, British Summer Time (BST) is currently five hours ahead of ET and Central European Time (CET) is … » Read
 

Industry News

Boulanger's World Comes to Bard Music Fest

August 2, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
For two weeks beginning Aug. 6, Bard College will present “Nadia Boulanger and Her World,” a series of 12 concerts accompanied by pre-recorded panel discussions and a scholarly publication exploring the life of the most renowned … » Read
 

Industry News

A New Era for the Colorado Music Festival, Part I

August 2, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
For a New Yorker cooped up in a one-bedroom apartment for the last 18 months, a recent visit to the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) in the mountains of Boulder, CO, proved an oasis, with strains of rehearsals by day and concerts by night, emanating … » Read
 

Industry News

Marian Anderson House Gets $100,000 from City of Philly

July 30, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Things are looking up for the Marian Anderson Historical Society and Museum in South Philadelphia. Severe  flood damage a year ago forced the house to close to the public, but the organization’s CEO, Jillian Patricia Pirtle, tells the … » Read
 

Industry News

SFOpera Joins the Met, Carnegie, in Audience Vaccine Mandate

July 30, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
As arts presenters gear up for the resumption of live performances, safety procedures to protect audiences as well as staff and artists are undergoing careful scrutiny. The recent surge in delta variant cases of Covid-19 has led the San Francisco … » Read
 

Industry News

Bloomberg Announces $30M for (Some) Arts Groups' Digital Efforts

July 29, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Bloomberg Philanthropies, having already increased its historic support of arts and culture organizations during the pandemic, has devised a new $30 million Digital Accelerator Program to support technical infrastructure among a select group of … » Read
 

Industry News

Rossini Fest Coming to Toronto

July 29, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The Toronto City Opera (TCO) has reached an agreement with the Rossini Opera Festival to bring the music of Gioachino Rossini to the Canadian city during the 2021-22 season. Held annually since 1980 for two weeks in August in Pesaro, … » Read
 

Industry News

Now Streaming on a Screen Near You: Twilight: Gods

July 29, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The filmed version of Yuval Sharon’s radical reimagining of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung—Twilight: Gods —will be available for free, on-demand viewing from July 29 through October 29. The sold-out Chicago … » Read
 

Industry News

Nashville Symphony, Musicians, Reach Accord

July 28, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
One year ago, the Nashville Symphony announced that it was putting its staff and musicians on furlough through July 31, 2021 . Even Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero wasn’t spared.  At the time, the move seemed drastic; would the … » Read
 
 

»More News

 
 

RENT A PHOTO

Search Musical America's archive of photos from 1900-1992.

 

»BROWSE & SEARCH ARCHIVE