The University of Michigan is preparing to fire countertenor David Daniels for previously reported allegations of sexual misconduct ; he has been on a leave of absence since the charges first surfaced one year ago. To make its case, the … » Read

The blowback from the decades-old  allegations of sexual abuse by a revered violin pedagogue at Curtis Institute of Music continues. In an opinion piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer , David Zimbalist, a professional violist and photographer … » Read

FISHTAIL, MT— The vast, roiling orchestral soundscape of the Prize-winning Become Ocean has served many listeners as an entrée into the world of John Luther Adams. A number of other compositions and installations cast on a large … » Read

The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) is now accepting applications for the third edition of the event, slated to take place in Shanghai on August 4-25, 2020. Stern’s son, conductor David Stern, and violinist … » Read

Major changes are afoot at the Mill City Summer Opera. Cory Johnson [pictured] has become executive director, charged with providing “fundraising, strategic, and fiscal leadership” after two years as the company’s development … » Read

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C), which self-defines as San Diego’s oldest and largest community orchestra and chorus (200 members), has a new executive director, complementing its musical direction under Steven Schick. She is … » Read

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has hired Tony Woodcock,  former president of the New England Conservatory, onetime CEO at a number of orchestras, as interim dean of the School of Music. He succeeds Brian Cole for the … » Read

New voices; new sounds; new worlds. It’s an ambitious ask for a projected 75-minute concert, but if anyone can deliver it would be ICE. In the event, the International Contemporary Ensemble, a lineup of America’s brightest and bravest … » Read

Nonprofit workers are generally underpaid and expected to spend more than 40 hours a week on the job. Rare is the nonprofit worker who gets overtime pay. Their supposed reward, other than that inadequate paycheck, is the satisfaction of working … » Read

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has cancelled two of his four scheduled concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The orchestra, booked for a total of eight nights, will perform its first two concerts … » Read