Thierry Fischer, music director of the Utah Symphony since 2009, has decided to stay for a little while longer, reversing a decision announced in May 2019 that he would be leaving at the close of his current contract, in August 2022. At the time … » Read

Sedgwick Clark, longtime features editor of the Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts, has retired after nearly 30 years in the job. He will stay involved in an “emeritus” capacity. Susan Elliott remains … » Read

The Canadian soprano Erin Wall died of complications from metastatic breast cancer on Oct. 8. She was 44. Baritone Brett Polegato, who sang with her in a concert performance of Peter Grimes in 2018, lauded his colleague for “the sheer … » Read

Bramwell Tovey has resigned as artistic director of the Calgary Opera, a position he has held since January 2019. Tovey has been dealing with cancer since 2018; his medical team suggested that he use the time now, when he is restricted from … » Read

Linda Moxley , VP of marketing and communications for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, is headed to Florida, where she is to be the first ever executive director of the Sarasota Concert Association, which, heretofore, has been run by a volunteer … » Read

Miah Im , director of opera studies at Rice University and music director of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, is to be head coach of the Aspen Music Festival and School’s new Opera Theater VocalARTS program. An AMFS alumna, she will assist … » Read

When the call came telling jazz singer/composer Cecile McLorin Salvant that she was to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly referred to as a “genius grant,” she told the caller, “You made a mistake. Because it’s … » Read

Musicians unable to follow a regular performance schedule—i.e., most of them—are eager to find other ways to engage with their artistic colleagues. One way attracting increasing attention is the commissioning of new works. The … » Read

Marin Alsop has been named music director of the annual National Orchestral Institute + Festival at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. She’s its first ever music director, but has been active over the … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem I Am Woman and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actor-singer … » Read