LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation. Off went the jackets and backpacks, on came burgundy cassocks … » Read

The 2026-27 season of the New World Symphony (NWS) will intermingle masterworks by Beethoven, Ravel, Stravinsky, Mahler, Mozart, et al. with compositions by such contemporary notables as Billy Childs, Kevin Puts, Thomas Adès, Gabriela … » Read

The recently concluded Easter Festival in Salzburg marked the renewal of the partnership, first established in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan, between the Berlin Philharmonic and the festival. The Berliners’ return after a 13-year absence, now … » Read

James Ehnes and John Holloway, respective artistic director and CEO of the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS), have announced a new in-house record label that will draw on the organization’s archive of live performances. Recordings will … » Read

The music industry across Canada is increasingly under threat by the closure of music programs among the country’s colleges and universities. This is damaging to local music ecosystems, which rely on the schools for everything from … » Read

VOX, which was founded by and operated under the auspices of New York City Opera from 1999 to 2012, will relaunch this season as a collaboration among seven of New York City’s leading musical organizations The program will showcase four … » Read

Pâris Mouratoglou,co-founder and 50 percent shareholder of Medici-TV, founder of the Paris-based global renewable energy EREN Groupe, has purchased a majority stake in Intermusica, a classical music management headquartered in London with … » Read

Temple University, which recently created a Center City partnership with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts, has expanded its reach with a new agreement to explore collaborative projects with Opera Philadelphia.  Company General … » Read

In 2021, during the depths of the pandemic, English National Opera (ENO) established a program to teach Long Covid sufferers how to breathe more effectively with help from opera singers. Subsequently the program— ENO Breathe —has … » Read

The Easter season sees the music of J. S. Bach everywhere, writes Tom Service in The Guardian . “There are performances of his St Matthew Passion in every musical city you care to name, from London to Leipzig, Rome to Rotterdam.” Two … » Read