NEW YORK (AP) — A display case in his old high school gave David T. Little the inspiration for his first opera — a work that 18 years later has followed an unusual path to a nomination at this year’s Grammy awards. Soldier Songs … » Read

In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old child from Chicago, was brutally tortured and murdered for allegedly offending a white woman while visiting relatives in Mississippi. His mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s insistence on an … » Read

With significant communities from China, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea among others, Seattle has one of the most diverse Asian communities in the U.S. That makes Seattle Symphony’s annual Celebrate … » Read

The San Francisco Ballet has selected Danielle St. Germain-Gordon, interim executive director for the last nine months, to assume the position on a permanent basis. She succeeds Kelly Tweeddale, in the role for less than two years. St. … » Read

A video of a small fire at David Geffen Hall has been posted on Twitter, amid local reports of "at least 50 firefighters" arriving on the scene in response to a call around 1 a.m. on March 23. Asked for a comment, Lincoln Center responded: "The … » Read

The Ojai Festival’s 75 th anniversary season, June 9-12, is the perfect antidote to Beethoven-250 burnout. The mostly outdoor festival is always a contemporary music-lover’s paradise, but this year’s model is particularly … » Read

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra launches its 78 th season in the fall of 2022 with a new music director at the helm. Nathalie Stutzmann, principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra , becomes the fifth music director and the first woman … » Read

During the 2022-2023 season,  the New York Philharmonic and the Interlochen Center for the Arts are planning to forge a collaboration that will represent, in the words of Interlochen President Trey Devey, “a formative experience that … » Read

This year’s five Avery Fisher Career Grantees include a saxophonist and a percussionist—the first of either among the 166 recipients in the long tradition of the award, funded and named for the New York Philharmonic Hall’s … » Read

Describing next season in the “reimagined” David Geffen Hall as a new beginning, New York Philharmonic President and itinerate concert-hall builder/resurrector Deborah Borda took the stage in the Kaplan Penthouse last night to … » Read