In February, California’s public schools will begin receiving nearly $1 billion a year to support arts and music education. Proposition 28 was written by Austin Beutner, a former superintendent at the Los Angeles Unified School District, … » Read

The 34 members of the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale have voted unanimously to join the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). “We wanted a seat at the table,” explained a member of the choir’s union organizing committee. … » Read

For the first time in 44 years, the orchestra and chorus of the English National Opera will go on strike as of February 1, opening night of The Handmaid's Tale . The action is in response to the  radical reduction in government funding that … » Read

At its annual gala on February 5, Juilliard will honor the Jerome L. Greene Foundation for having generated $10 million in scholarship monies since spring of 2022. At the time, the Foundation said it would match any gifts of $100,000. Fast … » Read

"Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice," Carnegie Hall’s latest citywide festival, is set to launch on Jan. 20 and run through May. Thirty concerts and events at Carnegie Hall as well as 70+ multidisciplinary offerings at … » Read

Music streaming annually generates a $17 billion pool of royalties, 10 percent of which is stolen from the artists who create and perform the music. As David Post and Craig Blackwell, who perform as Bad Dog, discovered this past summer, this … » Read

The Portland Opera is looking to sell its current office and performance space, known as the Hampton Opera Center—some 44, 835 square feet that houses all of its requisite functions, from costume building to performing. The company … » Read

In 2015, Venezuelan conductor Ron Davis Álvarez was passing through a Swedish train station when he encountered teenage refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. This chance meeting would shortly change his life, as well as those of hundreds of … » Read

The 19 th -century tradition that audiences do not applaud between movements of symphonies, concertos, and other multi-section musical works is being increasingly ignored, sometimes at the behest of those claiming to “democratize” the … » Read

Bachtrack’s annual classical-music-by-the-numbers report indicates some subtle changes in the last year and bigger trends across the decade, when it started tracking. The  U.K.-based website drew its numbers from its own listings of … » Read