A norm-shattering event like the coronavirus pandemic can often become an opportunity to encourage out-of-the-box thinking. The San Francisco Chronicle recently engaged in such a thought experiment, asking 22 Bay Area cultural leaders to imagine … » Read

Covid-19 is forcing the longest string of cancelled concerts in the 139-year history of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The orchestra administration has cancelled the entire fall season in response to directives prohibiting gatherings of 25 … » Read

San Francisco Symphony amassed an impressive catalog of recordings on its SFS label during Michael Tilson Thomas’ 25-year marathon run—Mahler and Schumann symphony cycles; Beethoven; lots of Charles Ives, and other American composers, … » Read

The upsurge in coronavirus cases in Texas is failing to dampen the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s (HSO) plans to continue its “Live from Jones Hall” streaming series. Programs for four Saturday evenings in August will offer a … » Read

Pianist Joyce Yang has described her journey through enforced quarantine as passage through the Five Stages of Grief from the Kübler-Ross Model: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance: She writes in her blog, "The loss of my … » Read

Inevitably, the Los Angeles Opera has postponed the four works it was to mount September 26- December 13, 2020, to the of fall 2021. Those 20 performances included the mainstage productions of Il Trovatore, Tannhäuser, and Cinderella and the … » Read

Bang on a Can (BOAC)’s virtuosic offspring, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, have a new member in Canadian cellist Arlen Hlusko; she succeeds Ashley Bathgate who left the group last season after ten years to pursue independent projects. Hlusko … » Read

Upon her death last January, Elaine Krown Klein, who with her husband Leo was a staunch supporter of the arts and music at UCLA, left $2.9mn to a scholarship fund. The fund, first established by the couple in 1986 and now valued at more than … » Read

On July 29 the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund announced its final round of grants, bringing the fund’s total awarded to more than $110mn to 768 New York City-based social services and arts and cultural nonprofits . Launched in … » Read

As presenters attempt to sort through the glut of digital content generated by a music business in lockdown, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is offering an option well known to the worlds of radio and television: syndication. … » Read