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

Citizens of the county of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, home to the city of Charlotte and the notorious “bathroom bill,” could soon see a new sales tax to support the arts. Valencia McDowell, incoming chair of the Arts & Science … » Read

Fausto Cacciatori faced a challenge. How could this chief conservator of the Violin Museum in Cremona, Italy, where the master luthier Antonio Stradivari plied his trade 300 years ago, preserve the inimitable sounds of the museum’s … » Read

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will soon be looking for a new executive director, following the board of directors’s decision not to renew the contract of the current one, John Weedman [pictured]. His exact date of departure has … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute Elizabeth Rowe has settled her case against her employer; the terms were not disclosed, and the documents state merely that the case was dismissed “with prejudice and without costs or … » Read