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

Rhiannon Giddens , who is everywhere these days as an artist, composer, and impresaria, has signed with MWI (Music Works International) for European representation; she was previously with London-based Asgard. The MacArthur Genius Grant … » Read

There is a slow change afoot in the world of opera. As the leading directors grow older—Krzysztof Warlikowski, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, Robert Carsen, and Barrie Kosky are all over fifty—the industry is … » Read

Big Apple Performing Arts, the umbrella organization of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC) and the Youth Pride Chorus, has installed new, permanent leadership in John D. Carrion as executive director, and John J.Atorino as artistic … » Read

Carlo Rizzi, among the foremost international opera conductors, has renewed his contract as artistic director of Opera Rara through June 2025, the extension of a relationship that dates to 2019 and has been by all accounts  highly … » Read