Now that Ed Yim has left as president and CEO of the American Composers Orchestra , a search for his successor is underway. In the interim, Lyndsay Werking, development director since 2017, will add the president’s responsibilities to her … » Read

Sixteen major donors and foundations have combined resources to come up with over $156 million to support Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations in response to the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. About half the amount is … » Read

While the coronavirus will prevent the Lyric Opera of Chicago from presenting a traditional mainstage season at the Civic Opera House no earlier than 2021, a series of imaginative programs will ensure that the company remains an important … » Read

Nigel Redden, longtime general director of the Spoleto Festival USA, has said he will step down in October 2021 after 35 years of ever-imaginative, often bold artistic and executive leadership. During the shutdown necessitated by the pandemic, … » Read

MADRID (AP) — At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in northeastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the chorus say. The River Troupe Gospel, a … » Read

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra can’t give concerts in Powell Symphony Hall due to coronavirus restrictions, so musicians are taking performances straight to patrons — even to their homes. The … » Read

Carnegie Hall’s October 7 opening night gala, announced in January , will be a unique experience this year, requiring no advance reservation and no best-clothes-out-of-the-closet attire. It will be virtual, of course, a pre-recorded … » Read

A recent New York Times article contained some Met Opera numbers that have not been disclosed elsewhere. Those include a whopping $150 million in revenue losses—half the company’s annual budget—as a result of the 3,800-seat … » Read

Oscar winners Ron Howard and Brian Glazer are teaming up to direct and produce an as yet untitled film based on Journey of a Thousand Miles , the memoir by Lang Lang. “[His] story is one of determination, passion, sacrifice, and finding the … » Read

The Sept. 18 decision by the Rob Guest Endowment to cancel this year’s competition for Australia’s richest musical theater scholarship has created a firestorm Down Under. The problems began in August, when the Endowment selected 30 … » Read