The MacDowell Colony has chosen Philip Himberg as its next executive director, succeeding Cheryl Young, who is retiring after 30 years . Himberg, who starts June 1, comes to the 118-year-old artists’ colony from the Sundance Institute, … » Read

Mary Ann Feldman, program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra for 33 years and all-round classical music advocate/cheer leader, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85 and had been in an assisted-living … » Read

When she isn’t touring, recording, or practicing—alone or with her seven-year-old prodigy daughter—violinist Rachel Barton Pine is busy finding and disseminating classical music by Black composers. Over the last 15 years, she … » Read

Robert Massey, recent CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony, is to be the new CEO of the Louisville Orchestra as of next month. He succeeds Andrew Kipe, who left in August to be director of concert and ensemble operations for the Peabody Institute of … » Read

Things are not looking good for the revived New York City Opera. For one thing, its board chairman and primary funder Roy G. Niederhoffer, is stepping down; he cites  personal reasons. It was Niederhoff, a hedge fund manager, who paid for … » Read

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will soon be looking for a new executive director, following the board of directors’s decision not to renew the contract of the current one, John Weedman [pictured]. His exact date of departure has … » Read

Anthony Roth Costanzo has written a first-hand account of his portrayal of Akhnaten in the English National Opera’s 2016 production, set for revival starting Feb. 21. It suggests, not surprisingly, that the title role Philip Glass’s … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute Elizabeth Rowe has settled her case against her employer; the terms were not disclosed, and the documents state merely that the case was dismissed “with prejudice and without costs or … » Read

The Berlin Philharmonic has a new concertmaster in Polish-born Krzysztof Polonek [pictured], a member of the orchestra since 2009. He succeeds Andreas Buschatz , who left in 2017 to take the same position with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. … » Read

BOZEMAN, MT  - The conductor of the Bozeman Symphony has resigned amid an investigation into  allegations that he bullied and harassed musicians, staff, and patrons. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the outside investigation into … » Read