On July 9 the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) issued a ruling that represents a major victory for American songwriters. Beginning Aug. 8, they will be able to collect mechanical royalties generated from streaming platforms—Apple, Spotify, et … » Read

The Jacksonville (FL) Symphony, which next season marks its 75 th anniversary, has appointed Nathaniel Efthimiou as its assistant conductor and director of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO). He succeeds Grant O’Brien and … » Read

Iván Fischer, music director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO), is the new music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), immediately succeeding Vasily Petrenko, who held the post for a decade. Among his first duties … » Read

Amanda Quist, recent director of choral studies at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, is to be director of choral activities at the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music at Western Michigan University as of the fall. She succeeds … » Read

A diagnosis of Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer, last month has forced Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses to immediately step down from his concert and teaching engagements. He is currently receiving palliative care at … » Read

In her first speech as the Labor government’s newly anointed culture secretary, Lisa Nandy issued a call for peace, proclaiming the “era of culture wars is over” and promising that her department will lead the effort to reflect … » Read

World Orchestra Week (WOW!) kicks off in New York’s Carnegie Hall on Aug. 1 with the first of seven successive concerts by youth orchestras from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the host country. When not concertizing, these … » Read

Classical guitarist Gary Ryan , a onetime BBC Young Musician of the Year who evolved into an international soloist, is the new head of strings at the Royal College of Music (RCM), where he has served on the faculty since 1996. He succeeds Mark … » Read

Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orlinski is set to debut at the BBC Proms later this month and will move on to an August concert at the Edinburgh International Festival and a September date at Wigmore Hall, the same month he releases his … » Read

On July 7, Jeff Davis performed his last concert as the carillonist for the Berkeley campus of the University of California. A 40-year member of the music department, he had played the system of 61 bells that ring out from Sather … » Read