Jonathon Heyward, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, will continue his summer job at the helm of Lincoln Center’s Festival Orchestra, the reincarnation of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, which played its final concerts in the … » Read

In the digital program for the new opera Eat the Document , the creative team—librettist, composer, stage director, musical director––offers a piece of advice: “If you haven’t already read the book, we highly … » Read

The impending closure of the Macy’s department store housed in the Wanamaker Building in central city Philadelphia poses a threat to the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ. An artifact of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the instrument, one … » Read

The Palisades fire in Los Angeles has destroyed the building and all its contents of Belmont Music Publishers. “We have lost our full inventory of sales and rental materials,” reads a notice on the company website. “We hope that … » Read

On Jan. 16 the San Francisco Symphony will premiere After the Fall , a new piano concerto by John Adams. Like the 77-year-old composer’s previous two keyboard concertos, written for Emanual Ax ( Century Rolls ) and Yuja Wang ( Must the … » Read

Gary Ginstling was hired Friday as CEO of the Houston Symphony, six months following his  surprise departure from the New York Philharmonic after just one year in charge. Ginstling will start Feb. 3 and replace John Mangum, who had been … » Read

Manhattan School of Music has responded to claims issued in a press release last week by ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of the Teachers’ Union. The union has authorized a strike by the precollege faculty, whose last contract expired in August 31 and … » Read

Otto Schenk, whose opulent productions of Wagner held sway at the Metropolitan Opera from the late 1970s to the early ’90s, died at his home in Austria on Jan. 9. He was 94. Known in Austria for his talents as an actor, particularly in … » Read

Wise Music Group (WMG), a major publisher of classical music whose holdings include G. Schirmer. Chester Music, and Edition Peters, has sold its music education division to private equity firm Achieve Partners. The concept is for WMG to invest … » Read

Precollege faculty at Manhattan School of Music have voted to strike “if negotiations continue to stagnate.” As members of ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), they state in a press release that they have … » Read