The Monterey (CA) Symphony has said Jayce Ogren [pictured], 43, is to be its next music director. Also a composer, he is particularly popular among new music circles, having led the world premieres of David Lang’s Symphony for a Broken … » Read

Klaus Mäkelä, 26, is to be the new chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra as of 2027. He will start as artistic partner in August for five years, leading five programs in 2022-23 alone. He is also chief conductor of the Paris … » Read

Beginning in July, violist Tatjana Masurenko will join the Colburn School faculty. She will teach viola and coach chamber music in the Conservatory as well as its Music Academy for gifted pre-college musicians. Apart from her performance … » Read

Seb Lovell-Huckle , executive director of the Birmingham (UK) Contemporary Music Group, is to take the same post with the English Symphony Orchestra as of August 8. He succeeds Peter Sheeran; ESO Board Chair Jonathan Godfrey has been serving in … » Read

The recording industry has certainly bounced back with orchestras and choirs returning to the studio with a vengeance. There’s no lack of new music either with plenty of rediscoveries alongside the latest compositions. Feelgood music first. … » Read

After 19 years and more than 750 performances, Osmo Vänskä will conduct his final; concerts as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra in the coming weeks. He will leave an ensemble that has joined the first rank of orchestras in the … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2021-22 season concluded on a week during which in the city alone 30 people were shot and five died due to gun violence. That same week 19 elementary school students and two teachers were shot to death in … » Read

Umberto Clerici, recent principal cello of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, is the new chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO). He succeeds  Johannes Fritzsch, principal conductor and artistic advisor since 2021, and chief … » Read

Composer Ingram Marshall, who melded electronics with standard orchestral instruments to create atmospheric, often melancholy works, died on May 31 in New Haven, CT. He was 80. Marshall’s music defied easy classification. Preferring to … » Read

Julia Bullock, a key member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), music director of this year's  Ojai Music Festival, which opens on Thursday, tested positive for Covid-19 just prior to her planned flight to California from  … » Read