The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park will henceforth be known as the Highmark Mann, in recognition of the Pittsburgh-based insurance company’s purchase of naming rights for an undisclosed sum. The … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes tonight, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet—and a crossover star far … » Read

Broadway musicians of Local 802 AFM are rattling their collective sword, stating they will call an “immediate” strike if they don’t have a satisfactory contract agreement with the producers in the Broadway League by Thursday … » Read

LONDON—Scoring films is a 20th-century art, its form and function laid down in part by European emigrees, many of them Jewish, who sought sanctuary in the U.S. before, during, and after WWII. The man today who carries the torch once borne … » Read

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) has broken ground for a new Park Slope campus that will double its capacity to provide music therapy and education. The new 12,000-sq.-ft.-foot facility at One Prospect Park West will house 13 … » Read

Since 2013, the San Francisco-based Opera Parallèle has produced six new operas through its Hands-on-Opera program. Each new production provides opportunities for various communities to serve as chorus members, young singers to gain … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—For a filmmaker once synonymous with slackerdom, Richard Linklater has proven to be one of the most prodigious and consistently excellent American filmmakers. A small but rich vein of the two dozen features he’s made … » Read

CHICAGO—Klaus Mäkelä doesn’t officially become the Chicago Symphony’s music director until fall 2027. On October 20 as “designate,” he opened the first set of three programs he will conduct this season at … » Read

Composer/performer Meredith Monk  has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during a ceremony at the Venice Biennale Musica. At age 82,  Musical America’s 2012 Composer of the Year  continues to be a sound … » Read

The sudden closure of Houston-based Vivaldi Music Academy on Oct. 16 has left dozens of its former teachers wondering if they would ever get paid. "[I'm owed] probably over $3,000," Rice University senior Sam Rachleff told Houston’s ABC13. … » Read