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

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

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

Coming soon to a theater near you: Maria , Pablo Larraín’s biopic about soprano Maria Callas, as portrayed by Angelina Jolie. The film completes the Chilean director’s trilogy devoted to iconic women in moments of great stress: … » Read

Stephanie Havey has joined the Oberlin faculty as director of the Conservatory’s opera theater program, a tenure-track associate professorship within the Vocal Studies division. News of her appointment arrives on the heels of the … » Read

Scott Freck is to be the new VP of artistic operations and general manager of the Charlotte Symphony, which lays claim to being “the oldest operating symphony orchestra in the Carolinas." Freck succeeds Michael Reichman , in the job 16 … » Read

Following live auditions in Symphony Hall, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has selected three young musicians as recipients of the Susan W. and Stephen D. Paine BSO Resident Fellowship for Early-Career Musicians, which supports string players from … » Read