Few things distress Ivan Hewett more than the classical recording charts. “The endless lists of crossover and ambient pap,” grouses the Telegraph’s classical critic, have replaced “something real and substantial.” … » Read

For tens of thousands of Palestinians living amid the devastation in Gaza, the struggle to find food, shelter, and clean water is paramount. For some lucky few, music offers an opportunity to escape, if only for a short time, the reality … » Read

The Library of Congress has added rare music and lyric sketches from the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz to its Harold Arlen Collection, itself a gift from the composer’s sister-in-law, Rita Arlen, in 2022. Thirty-five manuscript items … » Read

The Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP),  launched in 2020 as a collaboration between the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and the San Francisco Symphony,  lost momentum last March when the Trump administration cut off all … » Read

Calby Van Hollebeke, a Master of Arts candidate at Washington State University’s (WSU) School of Music, grew up on a farm and is very aware of the hard work that goes into the annual harvest. Her memories of summers with her family spent in … » Read

As the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on, Keri-Lynn Wilson and the members of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra (UFO), which she organized in the spring of 2022, admit that their project may be the victim of compassion fatigue. … » Read

The dance programming team at the Kennedy Center under Trump’s control has been fired. One of its members had been at the helm of the effort to unionize employees at the beleaguered institution. As a result of the firings, Tony Yoon, a … » Read

The Trump administration’s gutting of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as well as National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has the potential to create a “doom loop.” As … » Read

After nearly a year of negotiation and intermittent labor action, the Welsh National Opera (WNO) and the company’s chorus, represented by Equity, have agreed on a new full-time contract that provides “a competitive, industry-standard … » Read

This year the only full Stateside staging of Wagner’s complete Ring of the Nibelungen is being presented in Brattleboro, Vt. TUNDI Productions, founded in 2018 by soprano Jenna Rae and conductor Hugh Keelan, defies Wagnerian expectations. … » Read