The Metropolitan Opera has promoted Michael Heaston to the position of deputy general manager. A respected pianist and music director as well as an experienced administrator, he had previously held the position of assistant general manager and … » Read

PORTLAND—The sound of an immense volume of water rushing over a series of cascading falls in the Columbia River. The feel of the mist clouding the air and the eye of the Native-American hitting the heads of the salmon as they jump to clear … » Read

Alexander Goehr, a British composer perhaps better known for those he taught than what he wrote, died on Aug. 26 at the age of 92. As a newborn he arrived from Berlin in 1932 with his father Walter, a composer and conductor of note who had … » Read

The Bayreuth Festival has announced that Thomas Eitler-de Lint is to be the new director of the Festival Chorus. He succeeds Eberhard Friedrich , who stepped down earlier this month after 24 years in the position. Eitler-de Lint has been choir … » Read

As of this September, Elias Miller is the new assistant conductor for Ohio’s Columbus Symphony and music director of the city’s youth orchestra. Chosen from among three finalists, Miller’s appointment is his first full-time … » Read

Greg Carpenter has announced his intention to resign as general and artistic director of Opera Colorado at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. He joined the company in 2004 as director of development and three years later assumed the top post. … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has a new principal flute in Martha Long; she succeeds Emily Skala, in the job over 30 years until  she was fired in 2021 for bizarre social media postings about the outcome of the 2020 election and the … » Read

Leadership at the major U.S. orchestras continues its seismic shift, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the departure of Thomas L. Beckmen as board chair and the arrival of Jason Subotky to succeed him as of October 1. Beckman, for whom … » Read

The contretemps surrounding the decision by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to cancel a concert by pianist Jayson Gilham has claimed its first victim, with the announced departure of MSO Managing Director Sophie Galaise. The … » Read

Brent Assink, executive director of the San Francisco Symphony for 18 years before stepping down in 2017 , is to be interim president and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra as of Sept. 9. He takes over from  Michelle Miller Burns, who is headed … » Read