The Pacific Symphony announces the appointment of their new Principal Pops Conductor, Enrico Lopez-Yañez. Read more here.
The New York Philharmonic’s 2023-24 season will spotlight the 100th anniversary of the orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts. Read more here.
Click here to meet the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra's first Composer-in-Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai.
ICSOM will be offering a scholarship for Underrepresented Musicians to attend the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), an amount covering the full cost of attendance to BUTI. Read more here.
The Colorado Symphony's new season celebrates 100 years! Read more here.
Apple will launch its standalone classical music app on March 28. Read more here.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s education concerts to be free in the wake of a new $7 million gift. Read more here.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra celebrated Detroit’s 313 Day with $3.13 tickets. Read more here.
Celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma will kick off the Oregon Symphony’s 2023-24 season. Read more here.
The Charlotte Symphony unveils its new season as it narrows the search for their next Music Director. Read more here.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season, the final one for their music director Louis Langrée, which will include 12 guest conductors as the CSO searches for his successor. Read more here.
Nearly 30 guest conductors from around the world will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in their 2023-24 season, as music director Riccardo Muti steps down in June 2023. Read more here.
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra have scheduled a concert on March 14 to benefit victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Read more here.
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has announced two new initiatives for their upcoming centennial season: the Orchestral Program for Urban Students (OPUS) and 100 Acts of Giving Back. Read more here.
The Cleveland Orchestra has revealed its 2023 Blossom Music Festival calendar. Read more here.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s contract at The Philadelphia Orchestra has been extended through 2030, and his title has been expanded from Music Director to Music and Artistic Director. Read more here.
Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will leave his post in 2026 to become Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. Read more here.
The 2023 GRAMMY award winners for classical music have been announced. Read more here.
As their labor agreement expired last November, the San Francisco Symphony musicians have called attention to the situation on Facebook and their website. Read more here.
The Minnesota Orchestra announces a $655,575 operating loss in 2022, down from a $6.3 million loss in 2021. Read more here.
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced a $100 million dollar renovation of Powell Hall. Read more here.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announces it has retired its bank debt for fiscal year 2022, ending the year free of debt for the first time since 2001. Read more here.
The Louisville Orchestra is going on a two-year journey across their state, a tour made possible through a budget appropriation from the Kentucky state legislature. Read more here.
The Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra has announced that Dane Lam will be their new Music Director, beginning with the 2023-24 season. Read more here.
The Philadelphia Orchestra's free digital video series Our City, Your Orchestra returned this month, providing an opportunity for the musicians to go into the community and introduce viewers to positive happenings in their region. Read more here.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has agreed to extend Music Director Robert Spano’s contract through their 2027-28 season. Read more here.
The National Symphony Orchestra has named Jean Davidson as their new Executive Director. Read more here.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-23 season raises the curtain on a transformative new vision, defined by heightened artistic excellence and directed at international acclaim. Read more here.
Two new Columbus Symphony musicians discuss the importance of diversity in orchestras. Read more here.
Click here to read an Arts and Culture conversation with Charlotte Symphony’s President/CEO David Fisk.
The MET Opera said that it would withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment, give fewer performances next season, and accelerate its embrace of contemporary works (which, in a shift, have been outselling the classics). Read more here.
