San Francisco Symphony has said that its Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas will not be on the podium for two of the three programs he is scheduled to conduct--January 18–20 and February 23–25--for health reasons. The … » Read

The classical radio station with the nation’s largest audience was born in in 1946, when a wealthy alumnus paid for a 250-foot radio tower on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC). Today, KUSC is the centerpiece of … » Read

New productions of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Der Idiot and Sergei Prokofiev’s The Gambler will highlight next summer’s Salzburg Festival. The festival will include 172 performances from July 19 to Aug. 31 plus 33 youth programs, … » Read

Lorenzo “Frank” Candelaria will exit his post as dean and chair of the Blair School of Music at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University on December 31, the school announced Monday. He's been in the job since 2020 and will take a … » Read

LOS ANGELES — Barbra Streisand will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Yentl and The Prince of Tides star will be the 59th recipient of the SAG-AFTRA tribute on Feb. 24 at Los Angeles’ … » Read

This past September Noonoouri’s debut track “Dominoes” captured more than 200,000 YouTube views and nearly half a million streams on Spotify. Not bad for an “artist” whose voice is digitally generated. Such success … » Read

During the pandemic, the federal government provided an unprecedented level of support for arts, culture, and entertainment. Of the $4.6 trillion allotted to federal relief, $53 billion went to arts and entertainment, an amount greater than 24 … » Read

Julia Perry, the first Black female composer to have a work performed by the New York Philharmonic, died in obscurity 14 years later in 1979. Nearly 60 years after that auspicious debut, Perry is again having her moment in the sun, first with the … » Read

Marlena Kleinman Malas, who taught many of the era’s best known opera singers, died on Dec. 4 at age 87. An accomplished mezzo-soprano, Malas studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School before embarking on a career … » Read

Susan Miller Kotses, current VP of education and community engagement at the Pacific Symphony, is to become executive director of the Los Angeles Chlldren’s Chorus (LACC) as of February 8. She succeeds Kurt Swanson, an area arts consultant … » Read