As the new music director of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Mélisse Brunet becomes the fifth person and first woman to hold the position in the ensemble’s 61-year history. She succeeds Scott Terrell after a search that was … » Read

Joseph Young [pictured] has renewed his contract as music director of the Berkeley Symphony through 2024-25, having i nitially signed on in April 2019 , just three months after leading the ensemble as a last-minute replacement. Berkeley marked … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has been without a CEO for nearly a year, and has had no chief financial officer since January. Last week, a number of administrative shifts led to further staff reductions. Chief among these is the merging of the … » Read

Violist Jordan Bak , Musical America's May New Artist of the Month , has joined the faculty of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He holds a BM from New England Conservatory and a masters and artist diploma from the Juilliard School, which … » Read

The Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University has appointed Carla Canales as professor of practice and senior fellow at The Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World. Canales, a 2017 Musical America Top 30 Pro, will lead the … » Read

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) Music Director Richard Egarr,  new to the job full-time as of 2021-22, will not conduct the PBO in July and August for medical reasons. John Butt, an early music conductor and scholar who … » Read

Boston’s Cantata Singers has selected Noah Horn [pictured] as its next music director, the group’s seventh in its 58-year history.  Horn succeeds David Hoose, in the job from 1982. Alison Voth remains director of the chamber … » Read

The July auction of the “Hellier” Stradivarius at Christies’ London, projected to bring as much as $11.3 million, failed to generate a sale. Made in 1679, the instrument was on offer at a starting price of £5.3 million; … » Read

Among his first moves as  the new president of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Mark Hanson, who arrived a few months ago after a seven-year tenure with the San Francisco Symphony, has taken the bold step of eliminating the number of … » Read

Charlie Wade, longtime marketing guru of the American orchestra world, has decided to step down from his post as VP of marketing for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Even before the pandemic, he had been a non-resident staffer, commuting regularly … » Read