A recent honor bestowed upon a music professor at Milligan University in Tennessee may carry no international profile but is nonetheless notable for the high impact its recipient has had on a generaton of young musicians. The Arts Alliance … » Read

Classical accordion virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova has returned to HarrisonParrott after a quick tenure under a different management. Born in Riga, educated at London’s Royal Academy of Music, she is fluent in repertoire from J.S. Bach to the … » Read

The Phoenix Symphony, which self-defines as the largest performing arts organization in the state, has reached a new contract agreement with its musicians. The orchestra’s new President and CEO Peter Kjome is undoubtedly an experienced … » Read

It’s no secret that the decline of newspapers, from international to local, has dealt a particularly severe blow to arts coverage. Today, only a handful of newspapers and their websites employ writers—staff or free-lance--with a … » Read

It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since Carnegie Hall launched its laudable National Youth Orchestra USA (NYO-USA) program, eight years since the younger, NYO2 followed suit, and six since NYO Jazz got underway. Encompassing … » Read

In an open letter, arts administrators and performers past and present warned that Arts Council England’s 35 percent cut in funding to the Welsh National Opera (WNO) will “sharply reduce” the company’s provision of opera … » Read

One of Elizabeth Alexander’s earliest artistic memories is of visiting a Degas dancer’s sculpture at The Hirshhorn Museum. “I’d go to after school and visit the one with the tulle skirt that I loved so much,” a … » Read

CARDIFF—Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is all about optimism, and a director needs an awful lot of it to attempt a successful production. The piece has had more revisions than Bernstein had hot dinners and given that some versions fill … » Read

As of next fall, the newest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will also be the youngest. He is 20-year-old Texas native Samuel Watson, arriving next season as contrabassoonist and succeeding Gregg Henegar, who retired in 2022 after 30 years … » Read

For two years documentary filmmaker Maggie Contreras tracked several women hoping to compete in the second edition of La Maestra , the first international conducting competition designed solely for women. Of the original seven she followed, five … » Read