The Broadway remake of West Side Story, which opened in February of 2020, just one month before Covid-19 struck , announced earlier this week that it would not reopen in September. Directed by Ivo van Hove, with choreography by Anne Teresa De … » Read

As it returns to live performances, the Ravinia Festival has a shiny new attraction for concertgoers—the Ravinia Music Box Experience Center. The Center’s main attraction is a 12-minute long high-tech, immersive exhibit— … » Read

The evolution of the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the San Diego Symphony’s new, $85 million summer stage that opened with great fanfare last Friday, can be traced back to 2016. That was when the city first gave the orchestra permission to … » Read

The annual Lakes Area Music Festival , in Brainerd, MN, cancelled its remaining concerts last weekend when two of its artists tested positive for Covid-19. The event, scheduled for 14 more performances through August 22, was to have marked the … » Read

Spotify currently has 365 million monthly users. Every day some portion of them use the platform and, in the process, generate more than 100 billion data points. The information gathered, says the company’s advertising materials, … » Read

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had … » Read

Listening to music in your car need no longer be a poor substitute for enjoying it on your home stereo system. Advances in noise cancellation, signal processing, and speaker responsiveness have all enhanced the experience, according to a recent … » Read

The past 18 months have produced a perfect storm of sorts. The world has been forced to confront a global pandemic, heightened evidence of climate change, an expansive call for an end to systemic racism, and most recently, the decision by … » Read

The U.K. government’s announcement that British artists would enjoy short-term visa-free travel in 19 of 27 European Union member nations is drawing largely negative reviews. “We knew all this in January,” reports David Martin, … » Read

Following represents the second of a two-part article on the Colorado Music Festival based on a visit and an interview with Peter Oundjian, who is just completing his first, post-pandemic season as music director. Three years ago, he agreed to … » Read