The Dallas Opera has three months left to raise $12 million. Combined with $13 million already secured, the $12M will make the company eligible for a $25 million challenge gift from the O’Donnell Foundation. The Foundation stipulates that … » Read

A $5 million gift from alumnus Ed Kane and Marty Wallace to Penn Live Arts at the University of Pennsylvania will support and name a new 325-seat proscenium theater. Located in the new Student Performing Arts Center, designed by Steven Holl … » Read

It would seem that once the faculty members of the Eastern Music Festival joined the musicians’ union, in November of 2023, the fate of the 64-year old event was sealed. Today, the EMF board of directors voted to dissolve the organization … » Read

TikTok is becoming all the rage for promoting classical music to younger audiences. The Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg recently named British social media personality Dariah Challah as the fourth in a series of “ creators in residence ,” … » Read

The Calgary Philharmonic Society and its musicians, represented by Local 547 of the American Federation of Musicians reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement through the 2027-28 season. Highlights include: An increase in base … » Read

In a $106 million deal, Kuke Music Holding Limited, a Beijing-based music services platform, has bought a 70 percent controlling interest in Naxos Music Group, which encompasses about 17 labels and is one of the world’s largest independent … » Read

A dozen years ago, Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph’ s chief music critic, caused a stir when he suggested that because the top American orchestras overpaid their musicians, several were threatened with bankruptcy. “All these years … » Read

On Oct. 13, Oxford University will open The Stephen A. Schwarzman Center, a new £185m arts and humanities facility that will house the Institute for Ethics in AI, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the new Bodleian Humanities Library. Other … » Read

There are very few places in the world where one can listen to a violin and a cello played alongside a Lakota drum and singers. In October, the Lakota Music Project will travel South Dakota for its Shared Vision Tour and give communities across … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter … » Read