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Dartmouth to Invest $75m to Expand Its Arts Center

February 10, 2021 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
Dartmouth, the Ivy League university based in Hanover, NH, has chosen the Snøhetta architectural firm to design the $75 million expansion of its Hopkins Center for the Arts. “The Hop,” as it is known, dates to 1962 and, … » Read
 

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Culture to the Rescue: Cuomo Announces 'NYPopsUp'

February 9, 2021 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
NY PopsUp, a  festival of hundreds of pop-up performances throughout New York State, is set to launch on Feb. 20. When announcing the program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted, “Our arts and cultural industries have been shut down… … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, Feb. 8-15

February 8, 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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Minnesota O Reports $11.7M Operating Loss

February 8, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Minnesota Orchestra has reported an $11.7mn operating loss, the largest in its history, for the fiscal year ending on Aug. 31, 2020. This figure is almost $3mn more than the previous year’s $8.8mn loss. The increased deficit came in … » Read
 

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NY Phil Joins the Virtual 'Bandwagon'

February 8, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Having avoided the flood of streams last summer with its own, live Bandwagon , the New York Philharmonic’s winter-time response to the pandemic is, inevitably, an on-demand platform NYPhil+. The service mixes newly recorded performances … » Read
 

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Time to Reboot the Federal Theater Project?

February 5, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The arrival of the Biden administration has raised the hopes of America’s beleaguered performing arts community. Those with a sense of history point to the Great Depression-era Federal Theater Project (FTP) as one example of how the … » Read
 

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Arabella Arts: A Roster of Old Friends and New Faces

February 4, 2021 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully, both formerly of Columbia Artists, have formed a new firm, Arabella Arts, with an initial roster of 30 artists. Almost all of them were with that now-defunct powerhouse of classical music management, where Atlas … » Read
 

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Cleveland O Cancels Live Performances

February 4, 2021
The Cleveland Orchestra has shelved plans to resume live performances in Severance Hall next month due to the continuing threat of the coronavirus. Among the events cancelled are the April 26 John Williams Conducts program. Now the earliest time … » Read
 

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New Study Predicts Re-opening Times in North American Arts

February 4, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
TRG Arts (The Results Group for the Arts) has recently released “Arts and Culture Comeback Planning: January 2021,” the latest in its series of studies related to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, focused in this instance on … » Read
 

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Swed:1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 'Belongs in an Opera House'

February 3, 2021 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Was Leonard Bernstein’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a masterpiece or a flop? Written for the 1976 Bicentennial and sponsored by Coca-Cola to the tune of $900,000, the show closed on Broadway after only seven performances. At the time, the … » Read
 
 

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