The La Jolla Music Society today announced the opening weekend concerts for its new home, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center (The Conrad). On April 5, 6, and 7, 2019, the $82 million, 49,000-square-foot complex, named for founding donors … » Read

Accusations of sexual misconduct have led John Duran [pictured], longtime board chair and a major fundraiser for the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, to announce he will step down at the end of the current season. Some current and former … » Read

Henry Timms—president and CEO of New York’s 92nd Street Y, co-author of international best-seller New Power - How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World and How to Make it Work for You —is to be the next president of Lincoln … » Read

Never mind Beethoven’s 250 th anniversary. The important milestone this year and next is the centennial of the 19 th amendment, giving women the right to vote. It was ratified in 1919 and went into effect in 1920, its 100th anniversary … » Read

The Foundation Center and GuideStar, two information resources for non-profit institutions, announced their merger to create Candid. The name, says a press release, “means that we value being up front and honest above all else . . . [and] … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since the musical Hamilton began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld its applause: historians. Many academics argue the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the star of our $10 bills, … » Read

WQXR, New York City’s only locally based all-classical-music radio station, has brought Jacqui Cheng on board as the station’s first ever editor-in-chief, music. Cheng will report to Shannon Connolly, senior VP and GM, music, at New … » Read

WQXR host Terrance McKnight [named one of Musical America’s 2019 Top Professionals ] launched his “Only at Merkin” series on February 2, with a 75 th -birthday tribute to pianist and intrepid interpreter Ursula Oppens. Billed as … » Read

Juilliard cellist Sterling Elliott [pictured], 19, has won the senior division of the 22 nd annual Sphinx competition for young Black and Latinx string players, which concluded over the weekend in Detroit. He takes home $50,000, plus $5,000 for … » Read

Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan, also a conductor of some note, has been awarded the 2020 Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Denmark’s highest musical honor. Hannigan is especially known for her commitment to new music, having premiered … » Read