Cellist and conductor Eric Jacobsen, founding artistic director of The Knights, is to be the next music director of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. He succeeds JoAnn Falletta, the orchestra’s Music Director Laureate who stepped down in … » Read

Six words from “They Still Want to Kill Us,” an aria by composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, have become a cause célèbre in certain circles. Those six words—"God bless America/God damn America”—conclude the … » Read

Katie McGuinness will exit her post as director of artistic planning at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to join the Dallas Symphony as VP of Artistic Operations, as of the 2021-22 season. Overseeing a department of 10, she’ll report … » Read

Duain Wolfe will retire in Spring of 2022, after 28 years as director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Having succeeded its legendary founder, Margaret Hillis, he is only the second person ever to hold the position. He first led the group at the … » Read

Taiwanese American conductor Mei-Ann Chen, music director of the Chicago Sinfonietta since 2011, has been named principal conductor of “recreation - Grosses Orchester Graz at Styriarte,” a group of musicians of 20 different … » Read

Joshua Barone, a senior staff editor at the New York Time s, has been given the title of assistant performing arts editor, a boost to the culture department. Barone, who writes frequently about classical music, holds degrees in journalism and … » Read

Larisa Gelman, onetime director of the 92 nd Street Y’s Center for Education Outreach, among other nonprofit leadership positions, is the new executive director of Midori & Friends. She succeeds Suzanne Wilson, who left in 2019 after … » Read

Robert Fitzpatrick, a clarinetist and longtime administrator at the Curtis Institute of Music, died on May 10 in Paris at age 75. A native Philadelphian, he graduated from Curtis in 1968, and also earned two music degrees from Temple University. … » Read

Amanda Gookin is to be the next executive director of Music at the Anthology, or MATA, which supports emerging composers through commissioning, performing, and funding their work. Founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa in … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts. The longtime performer and Tony Award winner, who rose to cultural prominence as Clair Huxtable on … » Read