During the Great Depression more than 80 years ago, the Works Progress Administration created employment opportunities for millions of Americans, tens of thousands of whom were painters, writers, composers, performing musicians, theater … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, like virtually all American orchestras—save for the ones in Texas—has cancelled its previously announced spring season (32 concerts) in Powell Hall; digital offerings continue online, with new … » Read

Performers wanting to live in a country that places a high value on the arts should consider France. Although the pandemic has been as devastating there as it has been anywhere, the nation’s Intermittence de Spectacle guarantees regular … » Read

Eager to begin to restore New York’s arts and entertainment industry, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced “New York Arts Revival,” a public-private partnership that will sponsor statewide pop-up concerts featuring more than 150 … » Read

Forced out of their assorted venues and onto the web, On-Site Opera and Beth Morrison Projects have taken their pre-pandemic mandate to expand the artform to the next level. Washington Post music critic Michael Andor Brodeur is impressed. Founded … » Read

The U.K.’s official break from the European Union is scarcely two weeks old and a dispute about visa-free touring is already roiling the British music world. Press accounts report that Boris Johnson’s Tory government has rejected an … » 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

The pandemic’s devastating impact on the creative arts is lending a long-absent vitality to the concept of an “arts worker.“ The idea that everyone from an orchestra musician to a museum curator, a ballet dancer to a fashion … » Read

Prompted by the pandemic, organizations and artists have sought to stream their performances from their individual platforms, sometimes for a fee, more often, not. While Medici.TV and the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall have been … » Read

Over the last two weeks (thank goodness) of 2020, Musical America ran a series about ten U.S. and U.K. organizations that we felt had pivoted the most gracefully, creatively, and imaginatively during the pandemic. In the tradition of making … » Read