Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) has named Allen Perriello, recent head of music at Minnesota Opera, as director of artistic administration, a new position succeeding the previous one of artistic administrator, held by Samuel Carroll, in the job … » Read

New artistic leadership is now in place at the ballet companies in San Francisco and Orlando. On Jan. 11 the San Francisco Ballet appointed Tamara Rojo as its first new artistic director in nearly 40 years and the first woman to lead the company. … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl … » Read

Mary Ellen Northrop, an unassuming Wilmington music lover who enjoyed playing the clarinet and spent her life working as a budget and tax analyst, once hinted to officials at the Music School of Delaware (MSD) that she might give them a gift. … » Read

Mark Williams, chief artistic and operations officer of the Cleveland Orchestra, is to be the new CEO of the Toronto Symphony as of April 2022. He succeeds Matthew Loden , who took over as dean of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music … » Read

British-American conductor Johann Stuckenbruck has joined the roster of HarrisonParrott, his first management affiliation. A regular conductor at Glyndebourne, Stuckenbruck served as assistant conductor under Mark Elder at the Hallé … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) and the Los Angeles Music Center have both announced senior executive level hires designed to further their efforts at becoming more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. In doing so they are joining a … » Read

Goli Sheikholeslami, who succeeded Laura Walker as president and CEO of New York Public Radio just two years ago , is leaving to become chief executive of Politico. She exits the company—owner of WNYC, WQXR, and Gothamist—at a time of … » Read

Maria Ewing, who sang major soprano and mezzo-soprano roles on international states from the Met to Coven Garden, died on January 9 at her home in Detroit. She was 71. Born of a Dutch mother and African-American father, her family history is said … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Her arms at her side against her glimmering, long black jacket and her blond hair pulled into a ponytail, Susanna Mälkki soaked in several minutes of applause after a thrilling Carnegie Hall debut. She had conducted the … » Read