American conductor Aram Demirjian, 33, current music director of the Knoxville (TN) Symphony Orchestra, has been awarded the annual $30,000 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, the largest American prize to a rising maestro of 38 years or younger. … » Read

Westminster Choir College’s  battle to maintain its independence from Rider University and remain on its Princeton campus must not be going well. Joe Miller, the school’s director of choral activities and conductor of both the … » Read

Even in the best of times, life as a string quartet is no bed of roses. The travel can seem incessant, the fees are hardly generous, and members must often rely on free-lance gigs to stay afloat. When a pandemic leads to the wholesale … » Read

Thank goodness for local officials who believe in science. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti [pictured] has said that sporting events and concerts may not resume until 2021. "I think we all have never wanted science to work so quickly," he told … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has shut its doors for the season, furloughed 70 full-time and 400 part-time employees, and reduced its musicians’ salaries by an aggregate of 25 percent through the end of August. (Tanglewood runs through the … » Read

Companies that have been holding on in the hopes of continuing their seasons, or--as is the case with the San Francisco and Cincinnati operas--even launching them, are one by one surrendering to the inevitable. All are clear to say, however, that … » Read

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation or postponement of every significant music competition due to take place in March through May. The rest of the year presents a mixed picture. If thwarted competitors find any consolation, … » Read

The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund , which launched less than a month ago, has awarded its first round of grants and interest-free loans. The awards provide $44m to 276 small and mid-sized nonprofits that, in the words of the … » Read

The Lewis Prize for Music  will distribute over 20 grants of $25,000 to $50,000 each to what it characterizes as Creative Youth Development (CYD) programs that have been particularly responsive to the COVID-19 crisis. Applications to its $1 … » Read

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has launched a $1 million emergency fund to support freelance New York City-area jazz musicians during the coronavirus pandemic. The organization’s board of directors on Thursday announced The … » Read