NEW YORK (AP)—If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. American soprano Angel Blue [Musical America’s 2025 Vocalist of the Year], one of the most admired singers of her generation, is … » Read

SEATAC, Washington (AP)— Background music is no longer an afterthought at many airports, which are hiring local musicians and carefully curating playlists to help lighten travelers’ moods. London’s Heathrow Airport built a stage … » Read

In a year-end summary, SMU DataArts has highlighted five insights from its research projects in 2024. 1. Rural counties hold their own in arts vibrancy. Thirty rural counties scored in the top 5 percent of the SMU Arts Vibrancy Index.  Key … » Read

The Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra will take on John Luther Adams’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean as its second “immersive experience” in three performances—Feb.  28 to March 1, 2025. The 90-minute, … » Read

After more than a year, the Cincinnati Ballet has named a new permanent artistic director, former principal dancer Cervilio Miguel Amador, interim artistic director since Jodie Gates’s abrupt departure in September 2023 after just 14 … » Read

The third year of the partnership between San Francisco Ballet (SFB) and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAM) will yield a large-scale curtain drop for the War Memorial Opera House stage, commissioned from Bay Area artist Ranu Mukherjee, Dean … » Read

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music (WCM), the state’s largest independent non-profit music school, currently claiming 10,000 students of all ages and skill levels, is celebrating its 125 th anniversary. As such, Milwaukee’s Mayor … » Read

It was not the first time British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was denied boarding a flight with instrument in hand. Scheduled to perform on Dec. 11 with his pianist sister Isata, Kanneh-Mason had purchased a separate seat for his 300-year-old … » Read

More than 3,000 professionals, some of whom will come from 17 countries outside the U.S. and Canada, are expected to attend the 68 th annual APAP|NYC conference, held from January 10-14, 2025 in New York City. The national service organization … » Read

Over 700 arts, science, history, and heritage nonprofits in King County, WA, are to receive $70 million in 2025, the result of a sales tax increase of .1 percent that began accruing this past April . Dubbed the Doors Open initiative, the … » Read