Daniel Hyde [pictured], who succeeded the late John Scott as director of music at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, and is now headed back to the U.K. to be director of music at King’s College , Cambridge, has signed with the … » Read

The New York City Opera’s (NYCO) world premiere of Stonewall continues the company’s Pride Initiative of offering a LGBTQ-focused work during Gay Pride Month each June. The opera, with music by Iain Bell, libretto by Pulitzer … » Read

The calendar for the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 season looks quite different from those in the past, thanks to the introduction of Sunday matinees, a first in the company’s history. A total of 16 are scheduled for next season, with … » Read

Mary Ann Feldman, program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra for 33 years and all-round classical music advocate/cheer leader, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85 and had been in an assisted-living … » Read

The MacDowell Colony has chosen Philip Himberg as its next executive director, succeeding Cheryl Young, who is retiring after 30 years . Himberg, who starts June 1, comes to the 118-year-old artists’ colony from the Sundance Institute, … » Read

When she isn’t touring, recording, or practicing—alone or with her seven-year-old prodigy daughter—violinist Rachel Barton Pine is busy finding and disseminating classical music by Black composers. Over the last 15 years, she … » Read

Carlo Rizzi, twice music director for the Welsh National Opera and a conductor who has led performances in opera houses all over the world, has a very clear perspective on his job. “The way I conduct is not just telling people what to do, … » Read

Robert Massey, recent CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony, is to be the new CEO of the Louisville Orchestra as of next month. He succeeds Andrew Kipe, who left in August to be director of concert and ensemble operations for the Peabody Institute of … » Read

Things are not looking good for the revived New York City Opera. For one thing, its board chairman and primary funder Roy G. Niederhoffer, is stepping down; he cites  personal reasons. It was Niederhoff, a hedge fund manager, who paid for … » Read

Arts education proponents have long championed the academic benefits to children who study art, music, theater, or dance. A new, decade-long study published in the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts demonstrates that … » Read