The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is following in the footsteps of its sister ensembles in St. Louis and Pittsburgh by converting a 1930s-era movie palace—the former Warner Grand Theater—into a 1,750-seat concert hall. A … » Read

An ongoing investigation of Ticketmaster by Canada’s Competition Bureau (CCB) will now include whether it enables large-scale scalping. The Bureau is already suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, to stop deceptive … » Read

On Jan. 16 the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will officially open the RCO House, the orchestra’s new administrative home. The 1908 building by architect H.P. Berlage, renovated at a cost of $14.3 million, is located on the Museumplein near … » Read

The New York Philharmonic is tapping into the China market big time, announcing today the launch of a four-year program in 2014 that sees the orchestra in a series of teaching and performing residencies in Shanghai, in partnership with the … » Read

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, ever so costly to build ($470 million, six years ago) continues to be ever so costly to maintain, with much of the burden shouldered by local tax payers. The Center already gets $7.65 million … » Read

Miami's $470 million Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, opened in 2006 after years of delays and cost overruns (and, initially, without a parking facility), is in need of repair -- $5 million worth. A thunderstorm on May 20 caused a … » Read

Meet the Composer and the American Music Center, two New York based organizations whose missions address the creation and dissemination of music by American composers, have announced their plan to merge into a single entity to be called New Music … » Read

The bad news, as previously reported , is that the Concert Association of Florida has filed for bankruptcy. The good news, as reported Friday on South Florida Classical Review , is that the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts has picked … » Read

BOLOGNA -- What is now to become of Opera di Roma? After three months of dogged fight, the Fondazione has been beheaded by a decree from the national Minister for Culture Sandro Bondi, signed April 3. The board of governors has been dissolved, … » Read

MIAMI – The much-maligned Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center, 20 months behind schedule and $67.7 million over budget, has gotten yet another transfusion from the county, this one intended to complete construction. The Center, originally … » Read