CHICAGO— Between 1918 and 1921, Arnold Schoenberg organized the Society for Private Musical Performances in Vienna. The group’s credo was simple: Premiere works should be performed more than once to be properly absorbed and assessed. … » Read

The Utah Symphony/Utah Opera (USUO) has selected Delyana Lazarova as principal guest conductor. The Bulgarian native’s two-year contract begins in 2025-26; she will conduct two Masterworks programs in the first season and three in the … » Read

As Blake-Anthony Johnson exits to become CEO of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, the Chicago Sinfonietta has announced an interim CEO effective January 1. She is Wendy Lewis, founder and CEO of an LLC bearing her name that … » Read

It was not the first time British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was denied boarding a flight with instrument in hand. Scheduled to perform on Dec. 11 with his pianist sister Isata, Kanneh-Mason had purchased a separate seat for his 300-year-old … » Read

Over 700 arts, science, history, and heritage nonprofits in King County, WA, are to receive $70 million in 2025, the result of a sales tax increase of .1 percent that began accruing this past April . Dubbed the Doors Open initiative, the … » Read

The College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced a new head of the school of music in Milton Rubén Laufer , starting July 1 and reporting into CFA Dean Mary Ellen Poole. Laufer succeeds Jonathan Bailey Howard , … » Read

More than 3,000 professionals, some of whom will come from 17 countries outside the U.S. and Canada, are expected to attend the 68 th annual APAP|NYC conference, held from January 10-14, 2025 in New York City. The national service organization … » Read

London is home to dozens of orchestras, with as many comprised of professional musicians as talented amateurs whose love of musicmaking provides an antidote to the stress of their daytime occupations. Doctors, lawyers, insurance workers, and … » Read

An anonymous donor has come forward with $4 million to enable the San Franciso Symphony to meet the demands of the 32 AGMA members in its otherwise all-volunteer, 152-member chorus. The two-year contract is retroactive to August 1 and is subject … » Read

With the Bayreuth Festival  unable to secure sufficient funding at home to carry through its 2026, 150 th -anniversary season plans, its leaders will now turn, as many western presenters have, to the classical music market in China. The … » Read