On Aug. 11, the second edition of Philadelphia’s All City Orchestra Summer Academy (ACOSA) concludes when the Mann Center’s Facebook page posts the students’ performance of the “Farandole” movement from Bizet’s … » Read

When the UK government scuttled plans to reopen live music venues at the last moment, Flora Willson, a music lecturer at King's College London, went in search of live music. “Yes,” she writes in The Guardian , “I have enjoyed … » Read

In the absence of concert performances, Leila Getz, founder of the Vancouver Recital Society (VRS), works hard to stay connected with her larger musical community. One recent online interview posed the question, “How Are Managers … » Read

Thursday evening, in a long and detailed email to the school’s alumni, Curtis Institute President and CEO Roberto Diaz outlined a radical restructuring of staff.   “I have contemplated a new structure for some time to better … » Read

Rider University has succeeded in shutting down the Princeton campus of Westminster Choir College and relocating the school to Rider’s Lawrence, NJ, campus. Meanwhile, the battle between the University and WCC alumni, dba as the Westminster … » Read

Independent music venues are among the cultural institutions facing the greatest threat from the coronavirus pandemic. “Unlike some businesses on the road to recovery, music venues that have been cultural staples for generations will … » Read

On July 31, members of the San Francisco Opera’s (SFO) costume department reached a unique milestone—the production of the 10,000 th protective face mask for donation to firefighters, social service agencies, and front-line medical … » Read

Joining the slow march back to live concerts, London’s Wigmore Hall will offer a seven week series of 80 performances starting September 13 and featuring 150 musicians from Europe and the U.K. Each will last 60 to 90 minutes be live … » Read

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and WQXR, New York City’s classical music station, are partnering to present a seven-day, on-air pandemic edition of the annual Mostly Mozart Festival. This summer marks the first time that the … » Read

A Bloomberg Opinion writer extols the virtues of streaming for dollars, using a recently streamed Idagio concert by Yo-Yo Ma that charged $8 as his example. “The economics of this type of event might work out quite well,” writes Scott … » Read