The University of Hull and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) have announced an expanded partnership on several community projects, including Strokestra, a three-year experiment using music to help people recovering from strokes. Going … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony and its musicians have reached a contract agreement one week before the current one expires. Current base salary is $3200 a week; by the end of the new four-year agreement, that number will reach $3570 a week. The new … » Read

In a speech before the Association of Colleges’ annual conference in the U.K., Amanda Spielman, chief inspector for the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) recently claimed that colleges that … » Read

This year the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) will renew its decade-long tradition of presenting a chamber opera on the weekend following Thanksgiving. La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina , by the Florentine singer and … » Read

A recent spate of indignities might seem to suggest that the gods of travel have it in for professional string players. Cellist Amit Peled, flush from performing the Penderecki Cello Concerto No. 2 with the Warsaw Philharmonic to celebrate the … » Read

A recent study bolsters the argument that music training enhances the brain’s functioning. Research published in the journal Psychology of Music measured cognitive skills among 72 college undergraduates grouped according to the extent of … » Read

At a press conference in Saint Petersburg last week, Bolshoi Director General Vladimir Urin said that the company would be collaborating with the Metropolitan Opera on three new productions in 2021-2022: Aida, Salome , and Lohengrin . This marks … » Read

The Seattle Symphony has announced the programming for its Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center, slated to open in March. Named for James and Sherry Raisbeck, their $2 million challenge grant has enabled the transformation of the former Soundbridge … » Read

On Nov. 13 the Solera Quartet completed an unusual residency with a performance on a floating correctional facility just off Hunts Point in the Bronx, NY. For the previous week, the four musicians had helped 20 inmates at the 870-bed Vernon C. … » Read

NEW YORK—For the second straight year, President Donald Trump will not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating cultural achievement. Neither Trump nor first lady Melania Trump will be at the Dec. 2 event, Stephanie Grisham, the … » Read