Following their graduation from the New England Conservatory in 2019, violinist Alyssa Wang and clarinetist Nicholas Brown decided to found an orchestra. This summer the Boston Festival Orchestra (BFO) will celebrate its fifth anniversary. Their … » Read

The Charlottesville Symphony Society (CSS) has appointed Carolyn Keurajian as its new executive director. She succeeds Janet Kaltenbach, who held the post for more than 16 years. Keurajian joins the CSS from Williamsburg, where she has been … » Read

Gary Dunning, president and executive director of the Celebrity Series of Boston , the City’s largest multi-genre presenter, will step down at the end of the 2025-26 season after 15 years. His tenure has been marked by expansion, … » Read

Reports filtering out from inside the Kennedy Center claim that subscription sales for the coming season’s programming are lagging behind last year’s by about 36 percent, or $1.6 million. For the same length of time in 2024—ten … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—On the afternoon of June 1, Opera Parallèle’s production of Harvey Milk Reimagined was nearly upstaged by vintage news footage of the man himself, the San Francisco lawmaker and gay activist murdered by fellow … » Read

WGBH, the Boston-based public radio and television station responsible for classical radio and podcast programming such as Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pops concerts,  Antiques Roadshow , Frontline , and Great Performances , has laid off 45 … » Read

The Handel and Haydn Society will have two new principals on its roster next season: principal viola Stephen Goist and principal clarinet Katherine Spencer. They were chosen by H+H Orchestra members and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen from … » Read

Noted composer Jörg Widmann is to be the next artistic director of the Lucerne Festival Academy, effective January of 2026. He succeeds Wolfgang Rihm, who died in July of 2024 . The news was announced today by Sebastian Nordmann, who is … » Read

Arizona Opera has named Brian DeMaris as its new president and general director, with immediate effect. He succeeds Joseph Specter , in the position from 2016 to 2025. The new man is no stranger to the Arizona arts community, having served as … » Read

Susann H. McDonald, professor emeritus of harp at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, founding artistic director of the World Harp Congress, performer and independent pedagogue, died on May 29 at the age of 90. She first gained … » Read