Like musicians everywhere, Stella Chen is currently in lockdown, holed up in Connecticut sitting out the virus that has brought the world to a standstill. In her case it’s doubly frustrating as she should just have made her Alice Tully Hall … » Read

In January, Shauna Quill announced that she would be stepping down as executive director of the New York Youth Symphony (NYSS) as of June 30, to “pursue other opportunities.” The plan was for her successor to be in place by the time … » Read

The Lucerne Festival Academy has appointed a new managing director. He is Felix Heri, 34, current managing director of the Basel Sinfonietta; he starts on June 1, succeeding Dominik Deuber and reporting to Lucerne Festival Executive and Artistic … » Read

Westminster Choir College’s  battle to maintain its independence from Rider University and remain on its Princeton campus must not be going well. Joe Miller, the school’s director of choral activities and conductor of both the … » Read

In late March, acclaimed violinist Jennifer Koh inaugurated Alone Together , an online commissioning project. With support from Koh’s artist-driven nonprofit ARCO Collaborative, 21 composers, most of whom occupy salaried positions, will … » Read

Edwin Outwater, a former resident conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, music director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, CA, from 2007 to 2017, and curator of the San Francisco Sound Box series, is to be the new music director of … » Read

According to the ever optimistic, ever original Peter Sellars, the worldwide standstill necessitated by Covid-19 might not be such a bad things for the arts. On the down side, of course, many have lost their jobs, their livelihoods. On the … » Read

Zachary Lewis, staff music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer since 2007, has been laid off as part of a newsroom purge of 22 journalists. Apparently the newspaper has had most of its reportage moved to what is described as its … » Read

Charles, “Charlie” Wade is the new VP of marketing for the Philadelphia Orchestra, filling a position that had been vacant for about a year. His predecessor was Janice Hay, now director of marketing & communications for the Depaul … » Read

Albert K. (“Nick”) Webster, chief administrator of the New York Philharmonic from 1975-1990, died on April 3. He was 82. Webster arrived at the Philharmonic in 1962 as assistant to Managing Director Carlos Mosely. A graduate of … » Read