Beginning with the 2026–27 season, Jessica Altarriba will be the new assistant conductor for the Richmond Symphony. She succeeds Daniel Myssyk, in the position for six years before his departure in 2024. Altarriba most recently served as … » Read

On July 10 Justice Graeme Hill of the Federal Court of Australia ruled that the decision by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to cancel a concert by pianist Jayson Gillham was a business, rather than a political decision, and thus did not … » Read

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s (SFCM) appointment of three internationally recognized artists to its faculty represents a strategic investment in bridging the gap between academic rigor and the pinnacle of professional … » Read

In all likelihood, tickets to the San Francisco Symphony’s October 2 tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas are going fast, not so much for the starry guest roster as for the sheer “have to be there” impulse it generates among the … » Read

Tito Muñoz, who has been serving as interim music director of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, will assume the post permanently in the fall, with the title of director and principal conductor and visiting professor of … » Read

Courtney Crouse has joined the LSU School of Music as Associate Professor and the Janice Harvey Pellar Endowed Chair of Voice. She has pursued an international career as a mezzo-soprano, and served on the voice faculty at Oklahoma City University … » Read

Louise Herron, CEO of the Sydney Opera House for the past 14 years, will step down on August 6.  She is credited with overseeing the largest program of capital works since the building opened in 1973. . In January 2020, the iconic concert … » Read

Christopher Thompson has won The San Francisco Symphony's sixth annual Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) award. Renamed the Michael Morgan Prize in 2023 in honor of the longtime Oakland Symphony music director, the award carries a $15,000 … » Read

Sarah Ioannides has concluded her 12-year tenure as music director of Symphony Tacoma and been named its music director laureate. Credited with “visionary leadership and artistic excellence,” Ioannides expanded and diversified … » Read

Robert Kimball, the musical theater historian who in 1982 uncovered long-buried scores by Gershwin, Porter, Richard Rodgers, et al. in a New Jersey warehouse, died in a Manhattan hospital on July 1. He was 86 and had been ill for several years. … » Read