In what may be the first time a U.S. orchestra named a special fund for a music critic, much less performed a memorial concert in their honor, the St. Louis Symphony has established the Sarah Bryan Miller Fund. The endowed fund, established with … » Read

LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life that is scheduled … » Read

Kazushi Ono is to succeed Stéphane Denève as music director of the Brussels Philharmonic, effective as of fall 2022 for five years. The Japanese conductor is current music director of Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo … » Read

On Sept. 10, Bright Sheng, the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater & Dance (SMTD) convened the first meeting of his undergraduate composition … » Read

Debby King, a Carnegie Hall stalwart for 34 years, died at age 71 on Sept. 20. Dubbed the “soul” of the venerable performance hall by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, King functioned as a personal assistant who had a new boss every night. She was … » Read

In a capacity similar to those in which she has served the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall Song Studio, Aspen Music Festival and School, and others, Renée Fleming has been named Advisor for Special Projects for … » Read

President Biden’s nominations for the chairs of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, which require Senate approval, look very different from their predecessors. Nominated to succeed the … » Read

Concert Artists Guild(CAG) has added a new category of young artists to its roster: conductors. The 70-year-old organization usually selects its artists, all instrumentalists, from an annual competition.  But conductors, for practical … » Read

The Sydney Symphony’s first year under its  new Chief Conductor Simone Young is to be divided into two seasons: The first is to run from March to June (the country’s Fall) 2022; the second, July to December (Winter/Spring) … » Read

Composer and flutist Valerie Coleman has signed with Primo Artists for worldwide general management. Coleman, whose Seven O'Clock Shout has become a popular post-Covid curtain-raiser among orchestras, is the founder of and former flutist with … » Read