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

These are fraught times for the classical music world. Concert halls emptied 16 months ago by Covid-19 are tentatively reopening, but revenue shortfalls have weakened even the healthiest presenters. Some have simply closed down permanently. If … » Read

Need a job? The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is hiring, but only if you can navigate a hiring process that is time-consuming, costly, intense, and, in the words of one survivor, “unbelievably neurotic.” The PSO currently has 13 … » Read

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced additional 2021-22 programing to its Alice Tully Hall fare, reported in May . The new concerts happen in the Rose Building, mostly in the Rose Studio and/or cyberspace. The "New Milestones … » Read

Carnegie Hall has announced its October 6 opening night programming, and it is gala fare indeed: The Philadelphia Orchestra under its Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin with soloist Yuja Wang performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano … » Read

Finally, some good post-Brexit news for U.K. touring musicians: The Department of Media, Touring, and Sport (DCMS) has announced 19 EU member states in which they will be allowed to tour, short-term, without either visas or work permits. … » Read