What better way to greet 68 candidates for U.S. citizenship than with a stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the Philadelphia Orchestra? On Feb. 23 candidates from 34 countries gathered at Philadelphia’s Kimmel … » Read

Julianne Lee, assistant principal second violin of the Boston Symphony and principal second of the Boston Pops, is to join the Dover Quartet as its new violist, starting next fall. She succeeds founding violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, who … » Read

Consistent with earlier indicators , the Metropolitan Opera in 2023-24 will emphasize more contemporary work than in the past, all in keeping with Met General Manager Peter Gelb’s stated goal of achieving “a rebalance between the … » Read

Finnish violist Lilli Maijala [pictured] , head of the viola faculty at her alma mater the Sibelius Academy, has added the Zurich University of the Arts to her CV, where she will start in fall as professor of viola. A soloist with the likes of … » Read

Plans to cut £7mn from Creative Scotland’s budget have been shelved in response to the public outcry: more than 15,000 people signed a petition organized by Campaign for the Arts against the cut. The policy reversal means that the … » Read

Johann Sebastian Bach was quite the family man, siring 20 children with his two wives, and seeing ten of them reach adulthood. Intrigued by the reasons for the composer’s last-minute creation of his famous Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf , the … » Read

The state of Wisconsin spends 14 cents per capita on arts and culture—with Georgia, the lowest of any state in the union. At the same time, Wisconsin arts and cultural production is estimated to add about 2.8 percent—$9.6 … » Read

SAN PEDRO, California—Here we are a couple months into 2023 and the performing arts are still sorting out the casualties of the pandemic, making up for lost time. Case in point, one of many: the delayed world premiere of Kate Soper’s … » Read

The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust has pledged $2.28M to support full tuition scholarships for the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Posse Arts Program. Founded in 2021, the three-partner program (with Bard College … » Read

Since the decision by Arts Council England (ACE) last November to take a dull meat ax to funding for several of the nation’s most important opera companies, lovers of the art form can be forgiven if they feel as if, in the words of The … » Read