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WGBH Lays Off 45

June 5, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
WGBH, the Boston-based public radio and television station responsible for classical radio and podcast programming such as Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pops concerts,  Antiques Roadshow , Frontline , and Great Performances , has laid off 45 … » Read
 

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PBS Sues Trump White House

June 3, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
On May 30 PBS filed a federal lawsuit requesting that a court block an executive order signed by Donald Trump four weeks earlier that would cut off funding to public media. The president’s action appears to supersede legislation introduced … » Read
 

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Taking the Plunge, Detroit's Central Park Five Went Ahead Unscathed

June 2, 2025 | Corey Williams, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP)—As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage. The opera puts to music the … » Read
 

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Cincinnati Symphony Hits the Jackpot

May 30, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
A $60 million gift from the Farmer Family Foundation, the largest philanthropic commitment to the arts in recent Cincinnati history, guarantees that the new entertainment venue being built by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Music and … » Read
 

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Mann Center to Close for $70M Upgrade

May 30, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is planning a major renovation of its campus in advance of its 50 th anniversary, and the nation’s 250 th , in the summer of 2026. Thus far the center has raised … » Read
 

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H+H + ChamberQUEER Hit the Road

May 30, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Today in Boston, and next week in New York, the first-ever collaboration between Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society and the New York City-based collective ChamberQUEER will present BaroQUEER: Historically Informed , a concert that in the … » Read
 

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Cardiff U Will Keep Music

May 29, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Cardiff University has reversed plans, announced in early February , to eliminate its music and modern language departments. Part of a plan to cut 400 positions at the beginning of 2025, the university’s announcement created a firestorm of … » Read
 

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Charlotte Symphony Raises $50M

May 29, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has surpassed its $50 million goal for a three-year comprehensive campaign to secure new endowment funds and operating support. It is the largest fundraising effort in the ensemble’s 93-year … » Read
 

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Opera Philadelphia: Low Ticket Prices
Widened Donor Pool

May 27, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
When Anthony Roth Constanzo became general director and president of Opera Philadelphia a year ago, he inherited a company that, despite its innovative programming, was floundering financially . As one of the only singers in his prime to also be … » Read
 

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Festival d' Aix-En-Provence Wins $1M Nilsson Prize

May 27, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
On October 21 in Stockholm, Sweden, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf will present the 2025 Birgit Nilsson Prize to the Festival d’Aix-En-Provence. Currently preparing its 77 th season, the French festival is the first of its kind to receive … » Read
 
 

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