Bronx Arts Ensemble, nearing 50 years of bringing performances and teaching artists into Bronx public schools, has named Judith Insell as its executive director. Insell, a professional violist born and raised in the city’s much-maligned … » Read

Kevin McKenzie will retire as artistic director of the American Ballet Theater at the end of 2022, after nearly 30 years in the job. His tenure represents more than a third of the company’s history, having succeeded co-directors Jane … » Read

It looked set to be a gala y ear for Miles Mykkanen. The 29-year-old tenor made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Second Apprentice in the company’s new production of Wozzeck , but when the run ended on January 22, 2020, lockdown was less … » Read

Kenneth Cooper, harpsichordist, pianist, and musicologist revered especially among Baroque music circles, died at age 79 on March 13 in Manhattan. As a performer, Cooper combined scrupulous musicianship and articulate technique with an … » Read

Almost 40 years after her death, composer and jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is garnering headlines for two new performances of her 1945 composition Zodiac Suite . A musical prodigy born in Atlanta in 1910 and raised in Pittsburgh, Williams first … » Read

Benjamin Sosland, interim dean and director of the Music Division at the Juilliard School, is to be the next provost and dean of the New England Conservatory, effective July 5. He succeeds Thomas Novak, a 20-year NEC veteran who holds the title … » Read

Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theater’s new artistic director, is wasting no time in revolutionizing the company. MOT has announced his first, 2021-22 season, highlighted by atypical fare such as Robert Xavier Rodríguez and Migdalia … » Read

British conductor Stefan Asbury has joined the roster of Colbert Artists for North American representation. A recent podium guest for the Boston Symphony’s BSO Now series, Asbury has guest conducted widely and has been on the Tanglewood … » Read

I attended not his first but his second appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, on June 12, 1971, the debut of a 27-year-old conductor in  Tosca  that quickly attracted a buzz. It was a Saturday night during one of the seasons in June … » Read

In an appointment that aligns with many other classical music organizations’ in the last year, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has named a chief diversity officer, a newly created position reporting directly to the CEO.   An … » Read