As the new music director of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Mélisse Brunet becomes the fifth person and first woman to hold the position in the ensemble’s 61-year history. She succeeds Scott Terrell after a search that was … » Read

Walter Pierce, credited with making the Celebrity Series of Boston into one of the key presenting organizations in the U.S., died on July 7 at the age of 91. He first came to what was then called the Boston University Celebrity series in the … » Read

The Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University has appointed Carla Canales as professor of practice and senior fellow at The Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World. Canales, a 2017 Musical America Top 30 Pro, will lead the … » Read

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) Music Director Richard Egarr,  new to the job full-time as of 2021-22, will not conduct the PBO in July and August for medical reasons. John Butt, an early music conductor and scholar who … » Read

Joseph Young [pictured] has renewed his contract as music director of the Berkeley Symphony through 2024-25, having i nitially signed on in April 2019 , just three months after leading the ensemble as a last-minute replacement. Berkeley marked … » Read

Maureen Zoltek, assistant conductor, vocal coach, and orchestral keyboardist for the San Francisco Opera, is to be the next music director of the HGO (Houston Grand Opera) Studio, starting next fall. She’ll be working with Studio Director … » Read

Violist Jordan Bak , Musical America's May New Artist of the Month , has joined the faculty of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He holds a BM from New England Conservatory and a masters and artist diploma from the Juilliard School, which … » Read

Boston’s Cantata Singers has selected Noah Horn [pictured] as its next music director, the group’s seventh in its 58-year history.  Horn succeeds David Hoose, in the job from 1982. Alison Voth remains director of the chamber … » Read

Charlie Wade, longtime marketing guru of the American orchestra world, has decided to step down from his post as VP of marketing for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Even before the pandemic, he had been a non-resident staffer, commuting regularly … » Read

On June 22, Swiss violinist Julie Berthollet had two frightening encounters with urban violence while traveling from Paris to Geneva. Waiting outside her apartment for an early morning taxi, she was approached by a young man who tried to steal … » Read