The relief accompanying the recent announcement of a one-year collective bargaining agreement between the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and its players may prove short-lived if the organization cannot address a structural deficit that has … » Read

Apparently Italian audiences love tenor Vittorio Grigolo, no matter what. A self-confessed (to Vogue ) “sex addict” and happy to say so, he is currently under investigation by the Royal Opera House for an onstage female groping … » Read

The Sarasota Orchestra,  recently in the news in its search for a new home, has reached a four-year collective bargaining agreement with its musicians, good through the 2022-23 season. The players will be getting a raise for their 36 weeks … » Read

Lyric FM, the Limerick-based classical music radio station, is in danger of being shuttered by its owner, Ireland’s public-service broadcaster Raidio Teiligis Eireann (RTÉ). According to Dee Forbes, the company’s … » Read

The  Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), the only music school on the island of Zanzibar, is in trouble. The inability of almost 70 percent of the school’s 80 students to pay tuition (about $13 a month) has created a financial crisis … » Read

West London’s huge Olympia center, site of sprawling exhibitions and conventions, is due to get a £1bn ($1.25b) makeover. Recently approved development plans by the site’s owner YOO Capital and its project partner Deutsche … » Read

The struggle to maintain Westminster Choir College’s Princeton, NJ, location—not to mention its student body, faculty, reputation, and highly prestigious choruses—continues unabated. Rider University, which merged with … » Read

For the next year, the Baltimore Symphony will offer base pay of $84,696 per anum, with four weeks of paid vacation during a 38-week concert season, plus a monetary bonus for summer weeks that they are not in session. Benefits will carry through … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera will bring Fire Shut Up My Bones to an as-yet-defined New York stage in as yet-defined future season. Composed by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard with libretto by screenwriter Kasi Lemmons, the opera, premiered by the … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have reached a tentative agreement, according to a joint statement issued Saturday evening by the musicians and co-signed by Linda Moxley, BSO VP of marketing & communications, and Brian … » Read