Edward J. Lewis III has announced that he will step down as president and CEO of Caramoor, the 90-acre estate and arts center in Katonah, NY,  at the end of March. He has not indicated what his next move may be; Lewis will have been in the … » Read

The Eastman School of Music has added two new faculty members to its Jazz & Contemporary Media (JCM) department, starting next fall. Both are highly credentialed musicians, as band leaders and sidemen. Drummer Otis Brown III [pictured]is to … » Read

Lourdes Lopez is to exit the Miami City Ballet as artistic director at the conclusion of the current season, two years before the end of her contract. The former New York City Ballet star will have been with MCB for 13 years. She is credited with … » Read

Demarre McGill, principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, is to join the Colburn Conservatory and Music Academy next season for two years as professor of flute. He will be succeeding Jim Walker who retires at the end of the current semester after … » Read

Deborah Rutter has been removed as the president of the Kennedy Center after a distinguished decade running one of the world's largest and most diverse arts centers. Last month she announced she would be stepping down but staying on through the … » Read

Given the dismantling of Kennedy Center leadership and the influx of a new politically motivated power base, Renée Fleming has resigned as artistic advisor of the Center. In a statement on Facebook, she writes, "It has been a privilege to … » Read

German conductor Marc Albrecht is to be the next chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra starting in September 2026. He succeeds Elim Chan, in the job from 2019 to 2024. Albrecht, 61, takes the title designate in the meantime and next … » Read

DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an acclaimed  opera singer who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual misconduct . David Daniels waited too long to sue the university, … » Read

The Twiolins , the German violin duo that for 15 years comprised siblings Marie-Luise and Christoph Dingler, has announced that Belarusian violinist Marta Danilkovich [right] will succeed Christoph, who is stepping aside to reduce his travel and … » Read

Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, absent from the Cleveland Orchestra’s podium for most of the fall season, is returning sooner than anticipated. He will conduct a program featuring Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No., with … » Read