LOS ANGELES — Barbra Streisand will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Yentl and The Prince of Tides star will be the 59th recipient of the SAG-AFTRA tribute on Feb. 24 at Los Angeles’ … » Read

Susan Miller Kotses, current VP of education and community engagement at the Pacific Symphony, is to become executive director of the Los Angeles Chlldren’s Chorus (LACC) as of February 8. She succeeds Kurt Swanson, an area arts consultant … » Read

Lorenzo “Frank” Candelaria will exit his post as dean and chair of the Blair School of Music at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University on December 31, the school announced Monday. He's been in the job since 2020 and will take a … » Read

Stephanie Childress, October’s Musical America New Artist of the Month , has been announced as the principal guest conductor of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra starting next fall for two seasons. She succeeds Marta Gardolinksa. Childress, … » Read

David Lockington, the former music director of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra who was fired in 2021 for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19, has apparently settled his suit against the organization . Filed in February of this year, the … » Read

Cincinnati May Festival has promoted Associate Director of Choruses Matthew Swanson to director. He succeeds Robert Porco who retires at the end of the next festival . Swanson joined the 130-member May Festival Chorus as a tenor in 2011 and … » Read

As of March 2024, Sir Nicholas Kenyon will become Chair of Trustees at Arcangelo, the internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble. He succeeds Rosalyn Wilkinson, in the position since 2014. One of the U.K.’s most distinguished … » Read

In the midst of its 20 th -anniversary year, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust has announced that Toby Smith is to be its new chief executive. He succeeds the retiring Susan Rivers, who has run the organization since its founding in 2002. The … » Read

Richard Gaddes, cofounder of Opera Theater of Saint Louis and longtime leader of the Santa Fe Opera, died on December 12 in New York City. He was 81. Born in Wallsend, a small town in northeast England, Gaddes studied at London’s Trinity … » Read

Minnesota Opera has announced the appointment of Christopher Franklin [pictured] as principal conductor, formalizing a 12-year relationship that began in 2011 when he guest conducted Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Over the years he has returned … » Read