Music lies at the core of Hildegard , the new opera that arrived in New York on January 9, the first of four PROTOTYPE Festival performances. Sarah Kirkland Snider, its composer, wrote the libretto with the aim of developing the music and text … » Read

Spoleto Festival USA, founded exactly 49 years ago as the Stateside version of Gian Carlo Menotti’s annual festival in Spoleto, Italy, will this year run May 22–June 7 with over 100 performances in a variety of genres, from chamber … » Read

Andrew Clements, classical music critic for The Guardian , died on Jan. 11 at age 75 after a long illness. He arrived at the newspaper in 1993 with a recommendation from pianist Alfred Brendel, who praised Clements’s deep understanding of … » Read

Great Britain, home to about 40,000 places of Christian worship and around 35,000 pipe organs, possesses a rich tradition of church organ music. It is, however, a tradition facing increasing threats. The relationship between the clergy and the … » Read

As previously reported , the Washington National Opera (WNO) announced on Friday that it would exit The Kennedy Center, its home for the past 55 years. Since the Trump takeover, sales have dropped and donations dried up. In a social-media post … » Read

Clarinetist James Zimmermann is suing the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO) for alleged discriminatory refusal to hire him as principal clarinet. “Had Zimmermann not been a white male, particularly a white male who had previously expressed … » Read

A decade ago, the researchers at the Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) National Center for Arts Research developed the Arts Vibrancy Index to contextualize data being gathered—e.g., financial performance, attendance patterns, … » Read

The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) will have a new executive as of January 26. She is Melissa Greenblatt, recently in the same post with the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), a near two-decade-long affiliation. At … » Read

The pressure is mounting for the San Francisco Ballet to withdraw from its Kennedy Center dates, May 27-31.  An opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle last fall called for a pull out and a new petition on Change.Org does as well. … » Read

The Washington National Opera, facing declining ticket sales in its Kennedy Center home since DT took it over last February, will exit the venue, a move it  hinted at several months ago. WNO has secured new leases elsewhere but so far … » Read