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BBC Upgrades Proms in Bid for Full Houses

July 22, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
The BBC Proms has announced that it will put all of its remaining tickets on sale for this summer’s classical music festival. Up until now the organization had made just 1,000 seats available while it waited for the U.K. Government to … » Read
 

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Wallace Foundation Announces $53 Million for Organizations of Color

July 21, 2021 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
The Wallace Foundation has announced a five-year initiative that will focus on arts organizations of color. Based in New York City, the philanthropic Foundation  has a mission to foster equity and improvements in learning for young people, … » Read
 

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St. Louis Symphony to Spend $200,000 on Diversity

July 21, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced it will commit a total of $200,000 in raised funds to increase its outreach to Black audiences and musicians. The organization has pledged $160,000 that it has received from the Bayer Fund to support a … » Read
 

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Met goes Offstream as Bayreuth Comes On

July 21, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
After 16 months of keeping opera lovers afloat through lockdown, New York’s Metropolitan Opera has declared that its nightly streaming program will come to an end this Sunday, July 25. The decision comes as this year’s Bayreuth … » Read
 

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East Meets West in a Bicoastal Orchestral Youth Residency

July 20, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
In a unique musical partnership, the East Coast’s New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the California-based LA Phil YOLA National Institute have partnered to develop a bicoastal summer institute for young musicians. The two-week … » Read
 

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Toy Keyboards and a Day at the Beach Headline BAM’s Fall Program

July 20, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced a fall 2021 program helmed by the U.S. premiere of Sun & Sea , the theatrical installation-cum-opera that carried off the top prize at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Other key productions from around … » Read
 

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Salzburg Festival Goes Full House with Stringent Guidelines

July 19, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The 2021 Salzburg Festival will go ahead with no limitations on seating capacity, it has been announced. With a detailed prevention plan in place, it’s hoped that audiences will be reassured, with statistics for the Whitsun Festival … » Read
 

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Minnesota Orchestra Farewells Osmo in a Janus-like Upcoming Season

July 19, 2021 | Clive Paget, Musical America
The Minneota Orchestra has announced details of its upcoming season with a program that both looks forwards and backwards, highlighting the achievements of outgoing Music Director Osmo Vänskä’s 19-year tenure, but with a healthy … » Read
 

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Aspen Music Festival Opera Director Dies Hours Before Performance

July 19, 2021 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Aspen Music Festival dedicated its July 17 performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute to its director, Edward Berkeley, who died unexpectedly hours before the curtain went up. Berkeley had been the Aspen Music Festival and School Opera Program … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, July 19-26

July 19, 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
 
 

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