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MAGA Group Wants FCC to Revoke NPR and PBS Licenses

December 17, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Center for American Rights (CAR), a conservative nonprofit law firm, is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its chairman Brendan Carr to strip broadcast licenses from NPR and PBS stations and award them instead to other … » Read
 

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Proposed Changes to ACE Potentially ''Transformative''

December 17, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
A new review of Arts Council England (ACE) undertaken by the Labor peer Margaret Hodge has recommended that the agency take deliberate steps to overcome a “loss of respect and trust” among those it funds due to “perceived … » Read
 

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Don't Blink: San Antonio Phil News

December 17, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Patrons of the San Antonio Philharmonic, to say nothing of the ensemble’s musicians, must feel as if they are riding a wild roller coaster. A recent report that the orchestra was about to be evicted from its concert venue in the … » Read
 

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Youth Opera Academy to Santa Fe

December 16, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The National Youth Opera Academy (NYOA) will collaborate with the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera from July 29 to August 8, 2026 in a first-of-its-kind intensive summer program for aspiring high school vocalists. Under the direction of … » Read
 

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League Partners with RIOS

December 16, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The League of American Orchestras has announced a partnership with the recently formed Ibero-American Network of Symphony Orchestras (RIOS), a 60-orchestra network comprised of ensembles from North, Central, and South America, and the Iberian … » Read
 

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Barbican Plans £451M Upgrade

December 15, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Beginning in June 2028 London’s Barbican Center will close its doors for a year-long renovation. The arts center’s theater, concert hall, nature conservatory, and visual arts galleries will be shuttered, with only the cinema remaining … » Read
 

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Symphony.Live Acquired by Korean Firm

December 15, 2025
Acoustics Space, a South Korean acoustic engineering and audiovisual company, has acquired Symphony.live, an Amsterdam-based streaming platform dedicated to high-quality symphonic music. The strategic acquisition combines Symphony.live’s … » Read
 

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Music Academy's Plans for Downtown Site Get Approval

December 11, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Music Academy of the West’s plan to transform a downtown Santa Barbara building into a music center recently met with great enthusiasm from the city’s Historical Landmarks Commission. The three-story former Forever 21 building, … » Read
 

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Two Orchestras Join Forces to Make a Third

December 11, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, created in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Chambéry and Annecy in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It’s an ensemble of 23 permanent players (19 strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns), … » Read
 

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NY Phil to Make Radio City Debut

December 10, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
How to follow an act as iconic as the Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular, complete with 36 Rockettes as backward-cascading toy soldiers, 4200-pipe mighty Wurlitzer in full cry, and accompanying orchestra in a … » Read
 
 

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