Two years ago, Chad Cooper turned his back on his 16-year Wall Street career as a managing director at Deutsche Bank to become executive director of the nearly insolvent Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BCM). “I realized I could continue on … » Read

For years composer Julia Wolfe walked by 23-29 Washington Place, between Greene Street and Washington Square East in Greenwich Village, on her way to teaching classes in music composition at New York University. A small plaque on the Brown … » Read

Alistair Mackie, London Philharmonia’s interim managing director and joint principal trumpet, is to be the new CEO of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), starting in April. He succeeds Krishna Thiagarajan, who in June was named … » Read

It can hardly be a coincidence that UMich violin professor Stephen Shipps will be retiring in May. Shipps, former chair of strings and faculty director of the school's Strings Preparatory Academy, has been accused of sexual misconduct. A Dec. 10 … » Read

The Florida Orchestra has chosen the CEO of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra as its next president and CEO. Mark Cantrell, a onetime airline pilot and sled-dog racer, is to succeed Michael Pastreich, who left in July after more than a decade in … » Read

Chinese American pianist Eric Lu [pictured], 20, has signed with Columbia Artists for North American representation. Lu, winner of the 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition , first came to international attention as a prize winner at the … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has hired Ryan Lewis [pictured], VP of marketing for Opera Philadelphia as its new VP of sales and marketing. He succeeds J. Philip Koester ( Phil) Koester, who left in August to be VP of marketing and … » Read

Galt MacDermot, composer of Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona , among many others, died yesterday, one day before his 90 th birthday and two days before the start of the 50 th anniversary tour of Hair, which continues to be an international … » Read

Yuja Wang, Musical America’s 2017 Artist of the Year , has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management. In so doing, she exits Fidelio, with whom she has been affiliated for about six years. Fidelio represents three (major) artists; … » Read

Matthew Aucoin recently learned that it is sometimes important to answer the telephone, even when the read-out shows “Caller Blocked.” After ignoring several such calls from Chicago, he finally took the call and learned he had been … » Read