American pianist/conductor Ira Levin, 74, is forming a new chamber orchestra to be based at the São Paulo Teatro B32. Daniel Oliveira is to be executive director. With the initial nine concerts already announced, the ECO Orchestra season … » Read

Netanel Draiblate has been concertmaster of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra since 2010. Growing up in Israel with parents who were both professional violinists, he began lessons at six and eventually came to the U.S. to pursue his musical … » Read

Looks like Boston Symphony Orchestra CEO Chad Smith is maintaining his low profile, if not in governance then in public appearance. He and Esa Pekka Salonen had been scheduled to give a talk yesterday at Tanglewood on the future of orchestras, a … » Read

On Aug. 15, 2026, Brandon Kelly becomes the new assistant professor of musical theater dance at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). A choreographer, director and educator, is already a familiar face at CCM, … » Read

Polina Lebedieva will join the Paris National Opera as conductor-in-residence as of September 2026. The young Ukrainian, who served as assistant conductor of the Ensemble Intercontemporain from 2026 to 2028, is currently pursuing a master’s … » Read

Bill McGlaughlin, founding host for 22 years of the syndicated radio show  Exploring Music , produced and distributed by WFMT in Chicago, died on July 21 at age 82. The cause was cardiac arrest, according to the Chicago Tribune . From 1980 … » Read

Kerry Smith, VP of artistic planning at the Utah Symphony |Utah Opera will return to her home town to take the same job with the Minnesota Orchestra as of September 1. She’ll be working alongside Music Director Thomas … » Read

Julian Wachner, fired from his high-profile post as director of music at Manhattan’s Trinity Church in 2022 after credible claims of past sexual misconduct surfaced, has pled guilty to five counts of possession of child sex abuse material … » Read

San Diego Symphony has hired Patrick Castillo , until recently the New York Philharmonic’s VP for artistic planning, as a consultant for the same. He is to work with Music Director Rafael Payare and the orchestra’s artistic department … » Read

With the beginning of the 2026-27 season, Tony Thornton will join the Jacksonville Symphony as director of the ensemble’s all-volunteer chorus. He succeeds Donald McCullough, who retired last  June after 14 years. Currently artistic … » Read