The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) pays musicians a base salary of about $110,000 for a 20-week classical series as well as pops concerts and live-with-film performances. This level of compensation is a stark contrast to that for members of … » Read

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) has found a short-term solution to its need for a successor to Carlos Kalmar, whose contentious departure from CIM in late 2023 found its way into the courts. Tito Muñoz [pictured] , former music … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is initiating the Jazz Legacies Fellowship, a program that will honor 20 jazz musicians with a no-strings-attached $100,000 grant. The only requirement—the recipients must be at least 62 years old. "Many of … » Read

When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore and got the … » Read

Eastern Music Festival (EMF), est. 1962, has cancelled its upcoming iteration for the first time ever, save for the pandemic. The event, scheduled this year for June 28-August 2, is held annually on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro, … » Read

Yuki Hirano took home first prize at the Seventh International Heifetz Competition for Violinist s, held on Feb. 21 and 22 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 21-year-old Japanese musician, currently a student at the Music and Arts University of the City … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—As part of its cost-saving regimen, the San Francisco Symphony has said it will commission fewer new works in the future. But one that was already in the pipeline, Xavier Muzik’s Strange Beasts , received its world … » Read

The mean-spiritedness of Trump 2.0 was on full display last week when the U.S. Marine Band canceled a May concert program scheduled for the Northern Virginia Community College campus “in accordance with recent Executive Orders.” The … » Read

The bloodletting that began four years ago at New York Public Radio is continuing, with a fourth round of cuts announced on Feb. 25. In an email to staff, CEO LaFontaine Oliver disclosed that 21 full-time positions and seven open … » Read

Joshua Elmore, whose tenure as the principal bassoon of the San Francisco Symphony officially begins at the end of the March, arrives with a slew of rising young artist credentials. A onetime member of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth … » Read