Parking garages became the “go-to place” for musicians seeking a safe space in which to practice during the pandemic. With studios or practice rooms overbooked and concert halls closed, the wide-open spaces of a parking deck offer … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced details of its Fall and Holiday 2021 programming at Symphony Center. In September Riccardo Muti returns for his 12 th season as music director, leading three weeks of concerts for his first time with … » Read

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

While the classical music world is slowly coming back to life, the pandemic continues to leave its impact. Regulations in the U.K. mandating returning artists quarantine for ten days have forced two high-profile cancellations in Salzburg. The … » Read

The Australia Council for the Arts, working collaboratively with the National Arts Council Singapore, has released In Real Life: Mapping Digital Cultural Engagement in the First Decades of the 21 st Century . The new report analyzes the ways in … » Read

The Office of Arts and Culture in Dallas is seeking new nonprofit management for “Classical 101” WRR Dallas (101.1). While the city “greatly values the classical music broadcasts and arts-organization support that Classical WRR … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera returned to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year. Local One of the International Alliance of … » Read

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is presenting a full calendar of summer events featuring Opera Saratoga as well as its traditional summer resident companies—the New York City Ballet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and … » Read

Opera, claims Oliver Mears, the Royal Opera House’s director of opera, is the perfect means of spreading a pandemic. Social distancing is well-nigh impossible with musicians jammed into tight quarters in orchestra pits, sellout audiences … » Read

The San Diego Opera (SDO) has weathered the pandemic in fine form, announcing a modest surplus of less than $10,000 for the 2021 fiscal year and sporting the largest endowment—$8.8mn—in the company’s 56-year history. At … » Read