California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has named João Ribas as executive director of the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), and VP of cultural partnerships, effective June 1. Now in its 17 th season, REDCAT is part of the … » Read

The long-overlooked African American composer Florence Price is enjoying a well-deserved renascence. The 2009 discovery of several of her manuscripts and papers in an abandoned house 60 miles south of Chicago has led  G. Schirmer Inc. to … » Read

The Boston Symphony has named section cellist Oliver Aldort [pictured] to the position of assistant principal cello. Aldort, 26, joined the orchestra in 2015 at the age of 21. He will serve as principal of the Boston Pops orchestra when its … » Read

David Butcher, chief executive and artistic director of the Britten Sinfonia for over 25 years, is to be the new chief executive of the Hallé orchestra in Manchester as of next September. He succeeds John Summers, who retires in July. … » Read

Plácido Domingo is having second thoughts about “accepting full responsibility” for his actions. Tuesday, an AGMA investigation revealed that he was, indeed, guilty of sexually harassing some of his female colleagues . … » Read

Yesterday’s Associated Press news that AGMA’s investigation into Placido Domingo’s “inappropriate activity” found him guilty as charged , indicated AP’s source was “people familiar with the [AGMA] … » Read

Matthew Whitaker is making a name for himself as a jazz pianist with performances all over the world. His success is all the more remarkable because the 18-year-old has been blind since birth. Born at 24 weeks and weighing only 1 pound and 11 … » Read

In what could be construed as a further blow in a spate of them, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will lose its popular music director when her contract expires in August of 2021. It’s not a complete surprise that Marin Alsop will leave, … » Read

Gerald Martin Moore, artistic associate of Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio program and vocal consultant to a number of international opera companies, will join the Yale faculty next fall as director of Yale Opera and coordinator of vocal studies … » Read

As the art form changes, which artists will redefine what opera is, and perhaps more importantly, might be? Too often the bigger houses see opera through the directorial lens of the Broadway mega-musical; fortunately, there are a few bright young … » Read