Canadian composer and writer R. Murray Schafer, whose work lent the concept of the “soundscape” wide public currency, died on Aug. 14 at his Ontario home. He was 88. Born in 1933 in the Lake Huron city of Sarnia, Ontario, Schafer … » Read

After a near half-century at the top of its game, the Emerson String Quartet is announcing today its plan to retire at the end of summer 2023. Formed at Juilliard in 1976, the group has gone on to become one of the top string quartets in the … » Read

Joshua Kosman, longtime music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle , has written a moving remembrance of the late Michael Morgan . Understandably, they came to know each other well over the years, not just as colleagues in a business, but as … » Read

Marc Stevens is to succeed Paul Dornian as president and CEO of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra next month. Dornian is retiring after six years in the job. Stevens arrives after seven years at the National Arts Center (NAC) in Ottawa, where he … » Read

Bramwell Tovey is to be the next music director of the Sarasota (FL) Orchestra, officially starting in fall of 2022, serving as designate in the coming season. Tovey, 68, is perhaps best known as the longtime music director of Canada's Vancouver … » Read

Tom West, former chief advancement officer of the Los Angeles based American Film Institute, is the new executive director of the Atlanta Ballet. He succeeds Arturo Jacobus, who retired at the end of last season, leaving the company in fiscal … » Read

Julia Desbruslais has announced that she will step down as executive director of the London Mozart Players (LMP) at the end of 2021. She has been with the group since 1989 as a cellist, and assumed the executive position in 2016, two years after … » Read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died. He was 84. Everly died at his home in Nashville, … » Read

Illness has forced Yannick Nézet-Séguin to cancel his appearances with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra on Aug. 21 and 24. It will require four people to replace the maestro. On Aug. 21 Yuja Wang will perform Mozart’s Piano … » Read

San Francisco Symphony Chorus Director Ragnar Bohlin has resigned as of this month, after 14 years in the job. He is an anti-vaxxer, as made clear from his Facebook posts, and, since the orchestra and indeed the city is demanding proof of … » Read