Juilliard String Quartet violist and faculty member Roger Tapping died of cancer on January 18 at his home in Manhattan. He was 61. Tapping joined the quartet and the Juilliard faculty in 2013, succeeding Samuel Rhodes when he retired from the … » Read

Pioneering African-American conductor Everett Lee, who led performances of over 1,000 symphonic, opera, and musical theater compositions during his lifetime, died in Malmo, Sweden, on January 12. He was 105. Despite the patronage of Artur … » Read

James Conway has announced his departure after 20 years as director of the English Touring Opera (ETO). He has agreed to stay on part-time as artistic director until the end of 2022, with Michael Garvey serving as interim chief executive. Gerry … » Read

It's not surprising that many faculty members at the Cleveland Institute of Music also have a regular gig with the local band. The latest CIM faculty news sees the return of the Cleveland Orchestra’s principal bass Maximilian Dimoff … » Read

New York Public Radio (NYPR) has a number of new staff members, including Kristina Newman-Scott, who earlier this month became executive director of The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, a new position. NYPR is the umbrella corporation housing … » Read

French conductor Stéphane Denève has added another position to his crowded CV. As of next September, he becomes principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (NRPhO), succeeding James Gaffigan. … » Read

The New York Times and Post Alley have both published articles concerning the reasons behind Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard’s sudden departure as music director of the Seattle Symphony. Certainly the more thorough of the two, at 4,000 … » Read

As Michael Stern, conductor and music director of the Kansas City Symphony since 2005, prepares to step down, the search for his successor is already underway. As Steve Paul writes for KC Studio , a weekly online newsletter, “This season … » Read

Jamaican-born violinist Edmund Reid, who spent much of his career breaking down racial barriers, died at age 85 in December. His death was reported by The Strad . Often the only Black in the various U.K. orchestras in which he played, he once … » Read

We post this news only because it relates to the last three controversial incidents at UMich, all of which implicated  music faculty: David Daniels, Stephen Shipps, and Bright Sheng. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Mark Schlissel has been … » Read