The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) are partnering to create a specialist music school, the first such partnership for an orchestra in Britain. “I can’t think of a better way to … » Read

The National Arts Centre (NAC)’s summer Young Artists Program, currently underway through June 22 with some 70 senior and precollege instrumentalists and singers, is to be discontinued following this one's conclusion. Founded in 1999 by … » Read

Todd Tarantino has stepped down as executive and artistic director of MATA, an incubator for and presenter of early career composers founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa. Tarantino, in the job for seven years, has … » Read

For those interested in keeping track of executive salaries in the orchestra business, Drew McManus has launched his annual compensation reports. The current list pertains to 2016-17, during which Deborah Borda was still CEO of the Los Angeles … » Read

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who purchased Steinway Musical Instruments in 2013 for $512 million, is looking to sell half of the company’s lot in Queens to “a group that includes Robert De Niro for $73 million,” … » Read

Citing financial issues, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra trustees have “approved a lockout of the organization’s musicians” as of today. “Due to the Baltimore Symphony’s urgent need to address longstanding financial … » Read

On June 1, 2008, a massive fire started accidentally at Universal Studios in Hollywood required hundreds of firefighters to subdue. Initial reports claimed the damage was limited to the theme park’s King Kong attraction and a video vault … » Read

It just might have something to do with Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla’s continued impact at the artistic helm of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, but for whatever reason, Arts Council England has decided to invest £4.5million to … » Read

The situation at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is even more dire than the recent cancellation of its summer concert season would indicate, according to today’s Baltimore Sun. That it could even continue to be a “going … » Read

Paris-based Digital Music Solutions has come up with a kind of karoke for instruments. It’s called NomadPlay . It uses an algorithm that separates out the sound components of a score to remove any instrument as desired, fading out an oboe … » Read