The Seattle Opera has received $1 million from the Friday Foundation for the creation of the Jane Lang Davis Creation Fund, which supports rising composers and librettists ages 18–30 who are Black, Indigenous, or other People of Color … » Read

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the recipients of its annual Jazz Masters Fellowships, each of which carries a $25,000 purse; recipients will be honored at an online-only tribute event on April 22, 2021. Recognized for their … » Read

In the second New York meets California music biz partnership to be announced within the last 24 hours, Beth Morrison and her BMP team will spend four weeks next summer working with the students of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. … » Read

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, onetime Musical America Artist of the Year, used her recent acceptance speech upon receiving the Instrumentalist of the Year/Violin Opus Klassik prize in Berlin as a platform to speak out on the impact of the … » Read

Virgil Thompson is about to get a run for his money. On October 26, The Trial of Susan B. Anthony , a one- woman opera composed by Steven Mark Kohn, is to receive its pre-recorded world premiere on the websites and assorted social media platforms … » Read

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra has returned (carefully) to rehearsals. And that’s a very good thing, insists Music Director Christopher Warren-Green, who had to travel from his home in London to participate. “At the end of the … » Read

In a move that brings new meaning to the much sought-after connection between training music students and employing them, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) has, through the beneficence of an anonymous donor, bought Opus 3 Artists, … » Read

The shoes just keep dropping. Last week it was the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Today it is the Los Angeles Philharmonic that is announcing the shutdown of its entire live season, specifically the Ford Theater and Walt … » Read

“In 2020, making opera suddenly got harder,” flashes the opening subtitle. True, but while the U.S. is still making do with opera at the drive-in, over in Europe the artform is taking its first steps towards a new normal. For … » Read

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, soon to be 20 years old, to rethink its business model. For the past decade, the center city arts complex, whose resident companies include the Philadelphia Orchestra, the … » Read