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KenCen Cancels Fall 2020, Includes NSO, WNO

June 23, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
In accordance with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s guidelines for re-opening, the Kennedy Center has cancelled all events through the end of 2020. This impacts the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera schedules … » Read
 

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A Programmer's Guide to Socially Distanced Repertoire

June 22, 2020 | Brian Wise, Musical America
Ever since the  Berlin Philharmonic live-streamed its socially distanced chamber orchestra program in early May, other ensembles have been combing through the repertoire to find a safe, socially distant path out of lockdown. With the notable … » Read
 

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MA's Free Guide to Free Streams, 6/22-6/29

June 22, 2020 | Clive Paget, Musical America
We update 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 currently … » Read
 

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''Now What?'' Gelb, Gillinson, Borda, Timms Weigh In

June 22, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The most common refrain among leaders of New York City’s performing arts organizations is the question, “What comes next?” The most common response: “No one really knows.” New York Philharmonic President Deborah … » Read
 

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Dallas Symphony's On Stage in the U.S.; Who Is Overseas?

June 22, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
As U.S. performance groups do their utmost to maintain a connection with their audiences by streaming from their archives, their homes, front lawns, hall closets, and every other conceivable space, the Dallas Symphony has actually returned to the … » Read
 

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Indie Symphony Musicians Say They Are Being Ignored

June 22, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
The musicians of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra have issued their own press release stating that, as funds from the Payroll Protection Plan from the CARES act have run out, the orchestra has put them (and undoubtedly much of the staff) … » Read
 

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Australia's $50M Arts 'Rescue' Fund: Too Good to Be True?

June 19, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Arts leaders in new South Wales (NSW) can be excused if they are beginning to embrace the old adage, “If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.” On May 24, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced, with appropriate fanfare , a … » Read
 

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ABT Joins the Crowd of Cancellations

June 19, 2020 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
At the end of the worst single day and week of cancellation announcements since March, the American Ballet Theater issued its own last night. The season was designed as a celebration of the company’s 80 th anniversary. “Due to ongoing … » Read
 

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Minnesota Orch Institutes 20 Percent Paycuts

June 18, 2020 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
With Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) funds running out, organizations everywhere are moving into the next stage of survival mode. The Minnesota Orchestra for one has announced that full time staff and musicians will take a pay cut of 20 percent. … » Read
 

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Mother Nature Goes to the Opera, at Liceu

June 18, 2020 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The first post-lockdown performance at Barcelona’s Liceu opera house next Monday, June 22—the “Concert for the Biocene”—will play before a most unusual audience. As conceptualized by the artist Eugenio Ampudia, the … » Read
 
 

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