Several weeks ago, the Aspen Music Festival and School pushed its opening date ahead from July 2 to July 16, with a plan to present an abridged, six-week event, through August 23. Today, President and CEO Alan Fletcher has announced that the 2020 … » Read

The corona virus pandemic has added two more summer festivals to its casualty list. The Colorado Music Festival has cancelled its six-week program scheduled to begin in Boulder on June 25. In a letter to Festival patrons, Executive Director … » Read

The flood of coronavirus cancellations continues unabated, with the Kennedy Center’s announcement today of closure through August 9, a large leap forward from the reopening date of May 22 that it was still holding onto as of three weeks … » Read

Inevitably, the Los Angeles Opera, which had been hoping to stage its final production,  The Marriage of Figaro, as planned from June 6 to 28, has cancelled its season. It has been shuttered since March 14. A Payroll Protection Plan Program … » Read

The Dallas and Chicago symphonies appear to be the only two major American orchestras that have not cancelled their seasons. Dallas plans to start up again on May 24 and Chicago on June 9. This week, the  San Francisco Symphony was finally … » Read

In Los Angeles developers must pay an arts fee to the city determined by the square footage or a percentage of the building permit’s value for any project costing $500,000 or more. Normally, the funds are used to support cultural events … » Read

Acts of generosity by its board of directors, in combination with the federal government’s CARES Act and Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program, are enabling the Los Angeles Master Chorale to compensate its singers … » Read

Ravinia, which lays claim to being the oldest music festival in the country, has cancelled its 2020 season, scheduled for June 12-September 16 and featuring 120 events of a variety of genres, including several by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. … » Read

Unable to carry out their mission before a live (and paying) public, performing arts companies are projecting potentially debilitating losses. The San Francisco Symphony is estimating a minimum of $13 million, Metropolitan Opera at $60 million, … » Read

Despite political pressure to reopen the economy and manufactured protests against sheltering in place, most leaders of arts organizations are understandably wary of promising the resumption of performances. For starters, no one has yet come up … » Read