Classical musicians on opposite coasts in the U.S. are taking music to the public in an intimate, up-close-and-personal manner in an effort to keep their art alive while awaiting the pandemic’s end and the opportunity to once again come … » Read

As an antidote to the cessation of live performances necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is going digital in a big way. From Sept. 2020 through April 2021 the company, in collaboration with the Austin Opera, … » Read

There is no hiding the fact that American orchestras have a “diversity deficit.” In 2014 African American and Latinx musicians comprised just 2.5 percent of professional orchestra members in the U.S. Orchestral programming mirrors … » Read

Tulsa Opera will open its 2020-21 season on October 9 with a new Rigoletto , staged on the local, Tulsa Drillers' ONEOK ballfield, which, even with proper social distancing, can accommodate a crowd of 2,700. Baseball fans are encouraged to … » Read

MONTREAL -- Music lovers streamed into an airport parking lot, socially distancing in cars to listen to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven, Ravel, and Mozart in between flights taking off. "I normally spend a lot of time either in … » 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

Halfway through this most unusual summer, the new releases keep coming. Below is a selection of highlights, including Mahler symphonies, choral rarities, and plenty of anniversary-year Beethoven. June 5 Mahler : Symphony No. 7 Minnesota Orchestra … » Read

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