Danni Gee, longtime dance curator for Central Park’s free outdoor festival SummerStage, has been named director of programming for the Joyce Theater, New York’s core dance venue and presenter of small/visiting troupes. Gee is a former … » Read

Hans Graf, music director of the Singapore Symphony, has chosen Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Barráez to be the orchestra’s next associate conductor. He succeeds Joshua Tan, in the job from 2013-2021. Based in Berlin, … » Read

A fascination with the high male singing voice has accompanied the growing interest in gender fluidity. Countertenors are much in demand, particularly in Baroque opera and in some contemporary works. Much rarer are male sopranos—men whose … » Read

As of the fall of 2026, Jack Everly will step aside from one of the four orchestras that share him as principal pops conductor (Baltimore and Indianapolis symphonies, Naples Philharmonic, and Canada’s National Arts Center Orchestra). In … » Read

Jessie Montgomery and Missy Mazzoli are to be composers in residence at the Bard Conservatory beginning in fall 2022. Montgomery, a composer, violinist, and educator, interweaves classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, … » Read

Craig Hassall, CEO of London’s Royal Albert Hall since 2017, has announced his resignation, effective at the end of 2022. He is leaving to assume the role of president and chief executive of Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Hassall has … » Read

Larry Rachleff, who served over three decades as conductor of the Rice Shepherd School of Music symphony and chamber orchestras, died on Aug. 8 after a long struggle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 67. A native of New London, CT, Rachleff … » Read

The Reno (NV) Philharmonic has hired Ignacio Barrón Viela [pictured], executive director of the Billings (MT) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, to be its next president and CEO, effective October 26.  A native of Spain, he succeeds Tim … » Read

The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) has renewed the contract of Stilian Kirov [pictured], music director since 2017-18, through the 2026-27 season. Kirov is also at the artistic helm of the Bakersfield (CA) Symphony Orchestra. On his … » Read

Jazz trumpeter and pedagogue Ingrid Jensen   has been named dean of the Manhattan School of Music’s (MSM) Jazz Arts division, a position she moves into with immediate effect. Jensen has been serving as interim dean of the program since … » Read