The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) has tapped John Fisher, assistant general manager for music administration at the Metropolitan Opera, to be the first artistic director of its new David Seligman Opera School. Fisher, says … » Read

DETROIT — Patricia Hall went to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in 2016 hoping to learn more about the music performed by prisoners in World War II death camps. The University of Michigan music theory professor heard there were manuscripts, … » Read

Things are looking up for the Hartford (CT) Symphony Orchestra, which three years ago faced near extinction until the musicians accepted a substantial pay cut . The orchestra also appointed its own executive director in Stephen Collins , giving … » Read

Eldon Warner, a senior at the University of South Dakota, possesses an unusual combination of talents. A conference champion cross-country runner and potential sub-4:00 miler, he is also a serious opera singer who hopes to pursue a career in … » Read

CHICAGO – If the big operas of Paul Hindemith, including Cardillac (1926) and Mathis der Maler (1935), have largely been ignored by major opera companies in recent decades, the relatively modest demands of the German composer’s … » Read

MIT has received what it characterizes as a “cornerstone gift” to build a new state-of-the-art music facility. Its centerpiece is to be a “purpose-built performance lab” for experimental and unusual projects, with flexible … » Read

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) has named Richard Egarr, music director of the Academy of Ancient Music, as its newest artistic partner. He will join pianist Jeremy Denk, clarinetist Martin Fröst, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, … » Read

Composer/conductor Harold Farberman died on November 24 at his home in Germantown, NY. He was 89. Farberman was a founder of the Conductors’ Guild, in 1976, and founder and director of the Conductors’ Institute, initially at the Hartt … » Read

Martin Sher, VP and general manager of the North Carolina Symphony, is to be the new senior VP for artistic planning and programs at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach. He succeeds Douglas Merilatt, in the job for 20 years until his retirement … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony and its musicians have reached a contract agreement one week before the current one expires. Current base salary is $3200 a week; by the end of the new four-year agreement, that number will reach $3570 a week. The new … » Read