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New Mark Morris: Clever to a Fault

July 15, 2019 | Chava Pearl Lansky, Musical America
Mark Morris is known as an unfailingly musical choreographer. So, it’s no surprise that Sport , his newest work for the Mark Morris Dance Group, is a droll and at times sardonic tribute to Erik Satie’s 1914 Sports et divertissements . … » Read
 

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New Conductors Down South, Up North, Across the Pond

July 15, 2019 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
British conductor Timothy Redmond [pictured] is the new music director of the Winston-Salem (NC) Symphony, one of five conductors who led the orchestra last season as part of its search. Audiences were part of the selection process. Redmond is … » Read
 

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Director of Pope's Personal Choir Quits

July 15, 2019 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
The Vatican’s storied Sistine Chapel Choir, which has seen significant commercial exposure in recent years (including CDs on Deutsche Grammophon and an appearance at this year's Met Museum annual gala), is mired in financial scandal. Last … » Read
 

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Karita Finds Twitter and Blossoms Anew

July 15, 2019 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Finnish soprano Karita Mattila has fallen in love with Twitter. Long a self-described technophobe, she first took to the popular social medium in a moment of personal crisis—the end of her marriage earlier this year—and found that … » Read
 

Industry News

Brexit Threatens Grass Roots European Touring

July 15, 2019 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
As the prospect for a “no-deal” Brexit grows ever more likely, the catalogue of ills that threaten to befall the U.K.’s musical world gets ever longer. One likely casualty is the informal, grassroots network of voluntary … » Read
 

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Manhattan Goes Black and Music Fills the Streets

July 14, 2019
The Manhattan blackout Saturday night meant that Carnegie Hall (and a lot of other places) had to be evacuated. But, having caught the Big Apple's spirit of survival, the Millennial Choirs, who had rented the Hall for the evening, took their … » Read
 

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Emil Kang Exits North Carolina for the Mellon Foundation

July 12, 2019 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Emil Kang, founding executive and artistic director of Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed program director for arts and cultural heritage by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He … » Read
 

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Atlanta Names New Artistic 'Officer' as Spano Prepares to Exit

July 12, 2019 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Elena Dubinets, VP of Artistic Planning and Creative Projects at the Seattle Symphony (SSO), is to move to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) next month, in the new position of Chief Artistic Officer. She arrives as Robert Spano prepares to … » Read
 

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UNC School of the Arts Chancellor Exits; Interim Named

July 12, 2019 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
University of North Carolina System is undergoing some major changes in the area of the arts. In addition to Emil Kang’s departure , Lindsay Bierman is leaving as chancellor of the School of the Arts (UNCSA) to become CEO of UNC-TV Public … » Read
 

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A Natural Tenor Is Discovered Behind the Wheel

July 12, 2019 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Kim Davey’s Uber ride in Durban, South Africa, in May turned out to be anything but routine when her driver, Menzi Mngoma, began to sing “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto . “I was completely bowled over . . . [I … » Read
 
 

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