A generous news segment on Portland’s local ABC-TV affiliate covers the Oregon Symphony’s prison outreach program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility for women. Crystal Akins, an employee, organized a choir at the prison several … » Read

After a nine-month international search, the Cincinnati Opera has looked to its own and chosen Christopher Milligan, its current managing director, to be its next general director and CEO. He starts on March 2, succeeding Patricia Beggs, who … » Read

Scotland based conductor Holly Mathieson takes over as music director of Symphony Nova Scotia as of January 2020 on a three-year contract. Her first performance in the new role will be next October. She succeeds Bernhard Gueller, in the job for … » Read

VIENNA (AFP) - Vienna's prestigious ballet academy is endangering children's wellbeing including by encouraging them to smoke to stay slim, an Austrian commission probing abuse claims said Tuesday. The scandal first broke in April when a media … » Read

In February 2020 Paul Helfrich will join the Orlando Philharmonic as executive director. He succeeds Christopher Barton, who left in March 2019. Longtime arts administrator  David Hyslop has been serving as interim since last May and will … » Read

Pipe organ fans are keeping their fingers crossed that the impending renovation of Geffen Hall will include their instrument of choice. At present neither of New York’s two premiere concert halls contain “the king of … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--Much like those of past eras, today’s opera composers often concern themselves with themes of injustice and the abuse of power. Mila , a new chamber opera by composer Eli Marshall and librettist Candace Chong, depicts the … » Read

Alex Johnston will leave his two-year job as general manager of National Sawdust to become the new director of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) DiMenna Center for Classical Music. He succeeds John Glover who left in September to be the new … » Read

Last May, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Managing Director Jan Raes announced that he would resign at the end of December 2019. Whether that was related to the firing of and subsequent peace-making with Music Director Daniele Gatti, over … » Read

The dwindling interest in classical music in the late 20 th and early 21 st centuries can make it hard to imagine a time when large segments of the population could get exercised over the nationality of a composer or performer. In Dangerous … » Read