Merryl Goldberg’s life today as a professor of music at California State University, San Marcos, is worlds away from her role in a secret mission inside the Soviet Union in 1985. In her new book Notes of Deception , co-written with Vince … » Read

The somewhat shopworn comedic response to the question, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” has long been “Practice! Practice! Practice!” More recently the magic amount of preparation time required of the Carnegie aspirant … » Read

The past year or so has been pretty heady for trumpeter, composer, and budding bandleader Skylar Tang. In June 2025, the Bay Area native was featured on Words Fall Short , the latest album by her childhood idol, saxophonist Joshua Redman. This … » Read

The publication of Defending the Music: Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964-1976 has prompted John Adams to reminisce about a music critic who delivered “an almost endless chain of exemplary reviews and essays… witty, now and … » Read

For the upcoming academic year at the Curtis Institute of Music, the piano department received 154 applications, initially auditioned 63, heard 15 finalists, and accepted four for admission. The sole criterion for admission is artistic promise, … » Read

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has expanded the role of its Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez to “Creative Director & Principal Conductor of Pops and Specials,” and so will broaden its offerings to those in which … » Read

Washington Performing Arts, the first arts group to see the writing on the wall and exit Kennedy Center after the Trump takeover , has announced the departure of Michele Fowlin, artistic director of the Children of the Gospel Choir (COTG), a … » Read

LONDON—The Met Orchestra is typically encountered shrouded in darkness and tackling operatic repertoire old and (increasingly) new. Its annual concert season is a chance for it to spread its wings and explore what for the average symphony … » Read

John Churchwell began his tenure as Head of Music Staff at Houston Grand Opera (HGO) on August 24. He arrives from San Francisco Opera, where he served as in the same capacity for 14 years. Churchwell joins a leadership team helmed by General … » Read

“How can we begin a dialogue by announcing what cannot be discussed?” That is the question George A. Whiting, cofounder of the BSO Patron Action Network & Red Flower Campaign , recently posed in the Boston Globe in response to a … » Read