Major changes are afoot at the Mill City Summer Opera. Cory Johnson [pictured] has become executive director, charged with providing “fundraising, strategic, and fiscal leadership” after two years as the company’s development … » Read

Nonprofit workers are generally underpaid and expected to spend more than 40 hours a week on the job. Rare is the nonprofit worker who gets overtime pay. Their supposed reward, other than that inadequate paycheck, is the satisfaction of working … » Read

Generating audiences for classical music in the U.S. is a constant challenge. Nostalgia is the primary vehicle for marketing, Sue Elliott (no relation to MA’s editor), the recently named Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) Director, tells … » Read

In a pull-no-punches editorial, The Philadelphia Inquirer has weighed in on the Curtis Institute of Music’s response(s) to decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a revered violin pedagogue. Last month the newspaper reported that in the … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera and James Levine have settled their assorted claims and counter claims against one another. Neither side will comment on the terms or on whether any money changed hands. The news emerged Tuesday. "The legal dispute with … » Read

VENTSPILS, Latvia—A German-born innovator has crafted what is believed to be the world's largest grand piano. It is without question one of a kind: attached high on the wall of a concert hall in Latvia, the steel-framed vertical grand piano … » Read

The Orlando Ballet has issued a list of grievances against the leadership at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, collaborating with the Center’s other two resident groups, the opera and the orchestra, to put together what is … » Read

Renée Fleming is spreading her wings, adding to her current CV a relaunched opera program at the Aspen Music Festival and School with conductor Patrick Summers, starting in summer 2020. Those interested in applying had best get their ducks … » Read

The links between cultural participation and mental well-being are at the root of several therapeutic projects underway in Europe. In Denmark, one of the most ambitious is a pilot program—Kulturvitaminer (culture vitamins)—that works … » Read

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, popular with U.S. audiences, has been forced to cancel its Stateside tours because of new, even more restrictive hurdles the U.S. has imposed in obtaining a visa. In what very well may be a violation of … » Read