The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) will celebrate the grand opening of the Stella Boyle Smith Music Center with a three-day community celebration Sept. 13-15, 2024. The weekend’s events include the first public performance in the new … » Read

In what one union leader called “a big win for musicians,” U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer [pictured] announced that the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) would receive a $1.5 billion pension fix from the American … » Read

The Festival de Lanaudière and Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) have announced a new partnership for the festival’s mentorship program that supports emerging Canadian classical musicians. Between July 25 and August 4, six … » Read

Universal, Sony, and Warner, the three largest recording companies, have sued Verizon. The suit alleges that by continuing to serve customers accused of pirating music, the Internet service provider is violating copyright law. The three claim … » Read

PARIS, France (AFP) — A French performing artists union announced plans for a strike coinciding with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, protesting “outrageous disparities in treatment” among performers recruited … » Read

Brazilian-born conductor Marcelo Lehninger, the new artistic director of the Bellingham (WA) Festival of Music, has exited Opus 3 to join   Kirshbaum Associates for worldwide representation.  He has been music director of the Grand … » Read

According to reports from the National Youth Orchestras of the Netherlands (NJON), the Dutch Fund for Cultural Participation has decided to discontinue funding for the NJON beginning in 2025. The elimination of the annual subsidy will impact not … » Read

DETROIT (AP) — A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit’s ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of pieces and stashed away. The Barton … » Read

On Friday and Saturday, July 12 and 13, German auto maker BMW joined up with the London Symphony Orchestra and Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden for a series of open-air concerts that together attracted more than 30,000 music lovers. The … » Read

The festival season in the U.K. presents yet another example of the difficulties visiting artists face when trying to obtain a visa. Tales of program changes necessitated by a scheduled performer’s inability to enter the country are … » Read