(Classical Music, Cincinnati, Louisville) The bankrupt Louisville Orchestra, which has canceled the remainder of its 2011 season, has begun making noises about hiring nonunion musicians as replacements. ...more...
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Europe, and particularly Paris, seen as promising frontier for Cleveland Orchestra
November 8, 2011
(Classical Music, Cleveland) The Cleveland Orchestra’s new series of residency programs, both at home and abroad, is helping it thrive at a time when many other orchestras are not. ...more...
Conductor Fabio Luisi a good bet for the Met
November 7, 2011
(Classical Music, Chicago) Amid growing buzz that he’ll be the next musical director of the Metropolitan Opera, Fabio Luisi is in Chicago tonight to conduct the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Harris Theater. ...more...
Cash-strapped DSO to seek donations at events till Dec. 4
November 7, 2011
(Classical Music, Detroit) The financially insecure Detroit Symphony Orchestra will solicit donations from concertgoers at all DSO events for the next month, under an initiative called “Community Support Month”. ...more...
Alabama Symphony’s edgy series begins new season on Thursday
November 7, 2011
(Classical Music, Birmingham) The Alabama Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed “Classical Edge” series begins again this Thursday with “Radioheadings 2.0”. ...more...
Art organizations seek strategies for survival
November 7, 2011
(Arts, National) Robert Lynch, president of the Americans for the Arts advocacy group, lays out the reasons why public funding for the arts is, in fact, beneficial. ...more...
Marvin Hamlisch to headline ABT anniversary party in January
November 4, 2011
(Classical Music, Billings) Composer Marvin Hamlisch will headline the Alberta Bair Theater’s gala 25th anniversary celebration on January 14th. Tickets go on sale Saturday. ...more...
Players reject Louisville Orchestra offer
November 2, 2011
(Classical Music, Louisville) The saga of the Louisville Orchestra took another turn Monday when the orchestra’s musicians announced that they have filed a suit with the NLRB charging orchestra management with negotiating in bad faith. ...more...
The Steve Jobs – J.S. Bach Connection
October 27, 2011
(Classical Music, National) Berkshire on Stage‘s Larry Murray looks at Steve Jobs’ interest in, and connection with, Johann Sebastian Bach. ...more...
Utica Symphony can’t afford to play; conductor resigns
October 25, 2011
(Classical Music, Albany) The Utica Symphony has been muted in its centennial year by a mountain of debt and other factors ...more...
First of Three Free Chamber Music Concerts Highlights Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Oct. 24
October 19, 2011
This year’s Manning Chamber Music Series kicks off at William Peace University’s Kenan Auditorium this Monday evening with performances of pieces by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. ...more...
Free Mozart Requiem presented in memory of 9-11
September 7, 2011
(Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) The Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra and the Bel Canto Chorus will perform a free program, highlighted by Mozart’s Requiem, this Sunday afternoon at 3 in Cathedral Square Park to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ...more...
James Levine Withdraws From Met Fall Season
September 6, 2011
Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine has withdrawn from the Met’s fall season after suffering a back injury while on vacation in Vermont. ...more...
Alabama Symphony to remember 9/11 with poignant symphonic songs
September 5, 2011
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a free performance of Bach and Gorecki next Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center. ...more...
