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

Like the majority of its colleagues in the performing arts, Opera Philadelphia has been forced to revise its season, in this case using the term “reimagine” and announcing the launch of a new Opera Philadelphia Channel, which it … » Read

As COVID-19 cases in nearby Dallas reach 50,000, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) is proceeding with plans for live performances starting September 18. “We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic is still here in Texas…. [so] we … » Read

Opera companies are apparently very busy using their imaginations. Among the latest to re-imagine its season, beyond Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and the Rossini Festival, is the Minnesota Opera. On September 24 and 26, it will trade its usual … » Read

The 2020 edition of the Rossini Opera Festival, recalibrated in response to the pandemic, will kick off on Aug. 6 with a performance of the Petite messe solennelle , dedicated to the memory of the victims of Covid-19, in the Piazza del Popolo. … » Read

Emma Kail, former general manager of the Kansas City Symphony, is to be the new executive director of the Grant Teton Music Festival, as of September 1. The Festival, whose live orchestral concerts have been cancelled for the season, was … » Read

In what seems a made-for-the-moment development, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, American roots musician Rhiannon Giddens is the new artistic director of Silkroad. Her appointment comes to public light for the first time tomorrow night … » Read

Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center, which oversees the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Alliance Theater and is the nation’s third largest, is in the market for a new CEO. Doug Shipman, in the position for three years … » Read

The Richmond Symphony’s fall season sounds like a true hybrid of live and live-treamed events, some outside, some inside, some large ensemble, some small, and all representing the musicians’ first time back together since March. The … » Read